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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Earth undergoing sixth 'mass extinction' as humans spur 'biological annihilation' of wildlife

Populations of the African lion dropped 43% since 1993



 

 Top twelve | Mammals under risk of extinction

  • Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
  • Tiger (Panthera tigris)
  • Marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
  • Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus)
  • Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
  • Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)
  • Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii)
  • Giant ground pangolin (Smutsia gigantea)
  • Aye aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
  • Madagascan fruit bat (Pterofus rufus)
  • Collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris)
  • Sulawesi giant squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer)

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 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/11/earth-undergoing-sixth-mass-extinction-humans-spur-biological/