Animal Day, which is designed to unitepeople in their preservation, as well as the protection of their rights, it is customary to mark on October 4 Every day dozens of different representatives of fauna and flora disappear on Earth. Today, many rare species of animals are protected at the state level.
Amur tiger
Some rare species of animals of the Red Book -they are well-known representatives. Amur tiger is among them. It is one of the rarest predators of the Earth, the largest tiger in the world, and moreover, the only representative of this species that lives in the snow. In Russia, these animals live only in the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories. In the Russian Federation, the population of a rare beast numbers about 450 individuals.
Snow Leopard
This is a small, rare species listed inRed Book of the Russian Federation. Preservation of rare species of animals of this species today is at the state level. Their total number in our country, according to general estimates by experts of the WWF (Wildlife Fund), is about 100 individuals.
Far Eastern Leopard
These rare species of animals are subspecies of leopards,belonging to the class of mammals, the cat family, the order of predators. This is one of the rarest representatives of the cat family on the planet. Some experts consider the Far Eastern leopard the most beautiful among all species and often compare it with the snow leopard.
It is worth noting that the south of Primorsky Krai isthe only habitat in our country. According to the census, in the Ussuri taiga currently there are about fifty individuals of this leopard. Scientists from different countries are concerned that the disappearance of rare animal species is very difficult to stop.
Manul
Manul is a rare predator of half-steppes andsteppes of Eurasia. It is listed in the Russian and international Red Books. This wild cat received a status close to the threat of extinction. Scientists say that the number of these animals is rapidly declining. In addition, poachers threaten him, therefore rare species of animals are being protected. In our country, there is the northernmost habitat range of manul, here it is mainly found in the desert-steppe and mountain-steppe landscapes of Altai, in Buryatia, Tuva, and also in the south-east of the Trans-Baikal Territory.
Sumatran rhino
The number of Sumatran rhinos for the lasttwenty years has shrunk by almost 50%, which is due to rainforest deforestation and poaching. Currently, about 200 representatives of this species live in southeast Asia.
There are only 5 known species of rhinos in the world:2 in Africa and 3 in Southeast and South Asia. These rare species of animals are included in the Red Book. In October last year, WWF reported that the Javanese rhino in Vietnam was completely destroyed.
Komodsky monitor lizard
A species that belongs to the family of monitor lizards, itselflarge lizards. There is a hypothesis that the monitors of Komodo Island are the prototype of a real Chinese dragon: Varanus Komodoensis in adulthood can exceed three meters in length and weigh about 1.5 centners. It is the largest lizard on the planet that kills a deer with one stroke of its tail. It is found exclusively in Indonesia, and it belongs to the category of endangered animals.
Loggerhead
Arguing about what are the rarest speciesanimals, not to mention loggerhead. This is a species of sea turtles, which belongs to the only representative of the loggerheads, which are also called sea-headed skulls. This species is distributed in the waters of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, it can be found in Peter the Great Bay in the Far East and in the region of Murmansk in the Barents Sea.
The meat of this turtle is not the most delicious,however, it is consumed exclusively by local tribes. Interestingly, while her eggs for a long time were considered a delicacy. Speaking of the rarest species of animals, it should be mentioned that the unrestricted collection of loggerhead eggs led to a significant reduction in the number of this species of turtles over the past 100 years. It is listed in the Red Book and in the Convention on International Trade in Various Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and is also protected by the laws of Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and the USA.
Calan
The sea otter, or sea otter, is a sea predator.mammals belonging to the family of weasels. This is a species very close to otters. It has a number of interesting ways to adapt to the habitat in the marine environment, in addition, is one of the rare non-animal animals that use tools. Sea otter lives in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean in our country, Canada, the USA and Japan. In the 18th and 19th centuries, otters were subjected to predatory extermination due to valuable fur, due to which this species approached the verge of almost complete extinction.
These rare species of animals in Russia in the twentieth centurywere included in the Red Book, as well as in the security documents of different countries. Hunting them in 2009 was practically banned in many regions of the world. Separately, it is worth noting that Kalan can only be hunted by the natives of Alaska — the Eskimos and Aleuts — and only to maintain the food ration and folk arts that have developed historically in this region.
Bison
Bison is the largest and heaviest groundthe mammal of the whole European continent, in addition, the last of the representatives of wild bulls in Europe. The length of his body is 330 cm, at the withers height is up to 2 meters, and the weight reaches a ton. The high density of human settlements, the destruction of forests, in addition to this, intensive hunting has wiped out bison in almost all European countries. At the beginning of the 19th century, wild bison remained only in 2 regions: in Belovezhskaya Pushcha and in the Caucasus. The number of animals then amounted to about five hundred representatives and for a century decreased, despite the constant protection by the authorities.
In 1921due to the anarchy of the First World War, animals were poachers finally destroyed. Due to the purposeful activities of various specialists in 1997, in conditions of captivity in the world (nurseries, zoos and other reserves) there were 1,096 bison, while in the wild - 1829 individuals. This species belongs to the IUCN Red List of Vulnerable, while in our country it was the rarest species of animals that is endangered.
African wild dog
A hyenopod or African wild dog was once ubiquitous in African savannas and steppes, from Sudan and southern Algeria to the southernmost extremity of the continent.
This animal was included in the Red Book as a small, endangered species.
