The fact that a species disappears or is about to do so when it could have been avoided is nothing more than another entry in our long list of errors and failures. While it is true that in some cases genetic diversity is not broad enough to sustain a species, every time a population is reduced by deforestation, land clearing, hunting and/or the black market, the fault is ours... without excuses. There are many species out there fighting to keep a small place in this world, and today we are going to meet nine of them.
Conservation status varies significantly, but that is not necessarily the point. No matter how the IUCN presents a species under the "least concern" category, if we continue with our practice of clearing forests, "recovering" land for large-scale agriculture, and eliminating natural spaces without maintaining balance, the change in category is inevitable. To that we must add hunting, armed conflicts in regions where these delicate animals live, and the stupidity of adopting them as "pets". Today we will present nine species at risk of disappearing. Meet them... and think.
Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus)
Crested Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
Dingo (Canis lupus dingo)
Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla and Tamandua mexicana)
Huon Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
