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Endangered means there's still time.

Loss of a single species from its ecosystem affects others that rely on it. The disappearance of one plant species may affect an entire food chain. Starting with insects that live or feed on the plant, moving on to the birds and frogs that eat the insects, and ending with the larger animals like snakes, hawks, and foxes that prey on the birds and frogs.

Over 1,000 different species in the United States are listed as endangered or threatened.

Extinction means a species is gone forever. Many people think that animals like whales, eagles, and wolves are the only endangered species. Other endangered or threatened organisms include specific species of shrimp, frogs, butterflies, grasses, spiders, fish, clams, rice, snails, turtles, birds, orchids, squirrels, mice, deer, bats, and cacti.

The Endangered Species poster may be ordered from the National Service Center
for Environmental Publications
(NSCEP); EPA Publication Number is 735-F-94-014.

Click on the pictures below to learn more about these endangered species!



Image of ferret - link to ferret page Image of pogonia flower - link to pogonia page Image of butterfly - link to butterfly page Image of sturgeon - link to sturgeon page
Image of crane - link to crane page Image of beetle - link to beetle page Image of eagle - link to eagle page Image of manatee - link to manatee page
Image of snake - link to snake page Image of rat - link to rat page Image of turtle - link to turtle page Image of cactus - link to cactus page

 

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