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The West African Black Rhino, with the scientific name Diceros bicornis longipes, is critically endangered due to poaching driven by demand for its horn. The Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) faces threats from overfishing and pollution, leaving roughly 34,000 nesting females remaining. Similarly, the Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is endangered due to habitat destruction and has an estimated wild population of only 1,600. Conservation efforts are vital, such as protecting habitats, regulating fisheries, and addressing poaching to save these vulnerable species.
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Endangered and Extinct Species Mariana Calderon
West African Black Rhino • Common name: West African Black Rhino • Scientific name: DicerosBicornisLongipes • Habitat: Desserts, grasslands, and forests. • Cause of Extinction: Poachers hunted the rhino for its horn, which is believed by some in Yemen and China to possess aphrodisical powers.
Leatherback Turtle • Common name: Leatherback Turtle • Scientific name: DermochelysCoriacea • Habitat: Open waters and costal areas. • Threats: Some of them are taken for their meat, people take their eggs and sell them, overfishing, and pollution. • Approximate population: 34,000 nesting females • Measures to protect it: Protect nesting females turtles and their nests from poachers and predators, sustainable fisheries, projects for cleaning the costal areas.
Panda • Common name: PandaScientific name: AiluropodaMelanoleuca • Habitat: Bamboo forests high in the mountains in Western China. • Threats: Destruction of the habitat, interruption of migration routes, and consumption of their meat. • Approximate population: 1,600 in the wild (2004). • Measures to protect it: Don’t eat or purchase wild meat, protect their habitat, create biological corridors.
