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Number of Blossarys: 47
The little dodo bird goes by other names as well, including the tooth-billed pigeon, and in it's native Samoa, the Manumea bird. Although just 12 inches (31 cm) in length, the Manumea is, in fact, a ...
The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianas) is the world's largest amphibian, growing to lengths of up to 6 feet. It used to be common throughout central, southwestern and southern China, where ...
The Amur, or Siberian, tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is the largest big cat in the world, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). Unlike the other tiger subspecies, which are jungle-dwellers, ...
The leatherback sea turtle (Demochelys coriacea) is the earth's biggest turtle and has the largest range of any species, swimming all over the globe from the tropics to the sub-polar regions. When it ...
The saola (pronounced sow-la—scientific name Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) has been referred to as the Asian unicorn because it is so rare and seldom seen. It is also Critically Endangered, with no more ...
The most endangered of all the world's whale species, the northern right whale (Eubalena glacialis) numbers around 350 individuals that travel the Atlantic coasts of Canada and the US. During the ...
It is very difficult to say that one lemur species is more endangered than another. There are around 100 species of these primates, all of which live on the Island of Madagascar, off the southeast ...