Top-7 endangered
species of animals
FULFILLED BY
YAZYCHENKO DARYA
COURSE 4, GROUP 1940
FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
MITSO 2022
Plan
• Introduction ;
• Sawfish;
• Silky sifaka;
• Singapore freshwater crab;
• Japanese taimen;
• The Mexican Wolf;
• Indian big drofa;
• Giant soft-bodied turtle of the
Yangtze River;
• Conclusion.
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Introduction
Extinction is a completely natural process, typical species
died out during the first 10 million years, although some of
them were able to survive without resorting to any changes
and adaptation up to the present day.
However, nowadays, when the planet is filled with 7 billion
people, the extinction of species occurs 1000 times faster
than usual.
Some scientists believe that up to half of the currently living
species of animals and plants may disappear by 2100.
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Sawfish
• Sawfish refers to large fish
species, reaching 7.5
meters in length.
• Once it inhabited the
tropical and subtropical
waters of the Atlantic
Ocean, the Mediterranean
Sea and the Pacific Ocean,
and was seen even in the
north of Australia.
• Overfishing of this fish has
led to the fact that this fish
has disappeared from more
than 95% of its past habitat.
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Silky sifaka
• Located in Madagascar;
• Its distinctive feature is
its long silky white fur;
• The number of this
species varies between
100 and 1000 individuals,
although according to
some estimates, the
number of adults does
not exceed 250.
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Singapore
freshwater crab
• It is a species found
only in Singapore;
• This crab reaches a
length of only 3
centimeters;
• It's a night creature;
• Currently, only two
populations of this
species are known.
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Japanese
taimen
• Observed on the islands
of Sakhalin, Hokkaido
and on the mainland of
Far Eastern Russia;
• The Japanese taimen is a
large freshwater fish of
the salmon family;
• At the moment, the
population of taimen is
only 5% of what it was a
few decades ago.
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The Mexican
Wolf
• Mexican wolf is a
subspecies of the
common gray wolf;
• Lives in the Sierra
Madre Mountains and
in western Mexico;
• Today, their number is
only a few dozen.
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Indian big
drofa
• Found in several areas
of India and Pakistan;
• Bird with a horizontal
body and long bare
legs, which makes it
look like an ostrich;
• by 2011 the number of
these birds was only
250 individuals.
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Giant soft-bodied
turtle of the
Yangtze River
• This turtle firmly holds
the title of the largest
freshwater turtle in the
world;
• Found in China and
Vietnam;
• There are only two
living individuals left in
the world: a female and
a male;
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Conclusion
Why is it important to protect endangered species?
The disappearance of any species will entail serious changes in
the entire ecosystem. They regulate each other's numbers.
In addition to regulating the number of each other, some animals
perform important specific functions. So, hyenas feed on carrion,
and thereby cleanse the earth of corpses. Insects participate in
pollination of plants, and worms and termites loosen the soil.
Each species is very important and unique for our world.
And that’s why it is very important to preserve nature and animals.
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Thanks for your attention
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