Name That Endangered Species!
Mammals
Birds
Plants
Reptiles/
Amphibians
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Leatherback
Turtle
ReptilesSea
$200
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/endang/animals/lethback.htm
• I am endangered
because people steal my
eggs and capture adults
from nesting areas.
• I don’t breed in captivity
successfully.
• Another reason for my
endangered status is that
I sometimes swallow
plastic bags thinking they
are jellyfish.
• Click for the correct
answer.
Houston $100
Toad
Reptiles
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/endang/animals/htoad.htm
• I live in Houston.
• I am 2 to 3.5 inches
long.
• I am endangered
because of habitat
loss and alteration.
• Droughts can also
cause my numbers to
dwindle.
• Click for the correct
answer.
AsheyPlants
Dogweed
$200
• I am ashey green in
color.
• I am a wildflower with
beautiful yellow daisylike and tiny white daisylike flowers on the same
round, low bush.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/natu
re/endang/plants/ashy.htm
Click for correct answer.
Plants
$100
Black
Lace Cactus
• My outer spines are straight and
white with dark purple tips and
look like the teeth in a comb.
• Bees and wasps help me by
spreading pollen from plant to
plant.
• I am endangered because my
rangeland habitat has been
cleared or planted with crops.
• I have large, pretty flowers that
unfortunately, people like to dig up
to take home or to sell.
• Click for the correct answer.
Big Horn
Sheep $100
Mammals
• I live in open areas, with
steep rocky slopes
• My fur is brown, with a
white patch near my tail.
• I eat grasses, shrubs,
twigs, and shoots
• I am very sure-footed – or
you might say, sure“hooved.”
• Males of my kind have
large, curling horns.
• Click for the correct
answer
Ivory Billed
BirdsWoodpecker
$200
• I have an ivory colored beak
• I was thought to be extinct for 60
years.
• I was found in the swamps of
Arkansas
• I am sometimes called the ‘Lord God
Bird’
• There’s a cartoon character that looks
like me – and his name is Woody
• Click for the correct answer.
Giant Mammals
Panda
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$200
I am black and white
I live in the Himalayan mountain range
I like the high altitudes - 5,000 - 10,000 ft
The biggest danger for me is the
destruction of bamboo habitat.
• Click for the correct answer.
BaldBirds
Eagle$100
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I once was found all over North America.
I like to live near conifer forests.
I like living near water with lots of fish.
I also eat rodents and other small mammals.
I migrate south in the fall to roost in huge
communal nests that are used year after year.
• DDT as well as habitat loss have caused me to
become endangered.
• Click for the correct answer.