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Showing posts with label IUCN Red List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IUCN Red List. Show all posts
January 14, 2017

2927 CANADA (Newfoundland and Labrador) - Atlantic puffin colony in Witless Bay Ecological Reserve

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The Atlantic puffin ( Fratercula arctica ), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family . It is the on...
November 24, 2016

2879 ETHIOPIA (Amhara) - Simien National Park (UNESCO WHS)

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2879 Walia ibex in Simien National Park Simien National Park covers the Simien Mountains and includes Ras Dashan , the highest poin...
September 17, 2016

2757 FRANCE (Saint Barthélemy) - Lesser Antillean Iguana

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The Lesser Antillean iguana ( Iguana delicatissima ) is a large arboreal lizard endemic to the Lesser Antilles . It is one of two spe...
January 9, 2016

1383, 2199 UGANDA - Animals

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1383 Lion, African elephants, African buffalo, Common hippopotamus Posted on 29.12.2014, 09.01.2016 Located on the East African plat...
November 8, 2015

2016 FRANCE (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) - Wisents in Safari de Peaugres

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The wisent , also known as European bison ( Bison bonasus ), is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the American bison . They...
July 18, 2015

1705, 1754 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - Turks and Caicos Islands (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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1754 Turks and Caicos Islands - Chalk Sound   Posted on 01.07.2015, 18.07.2015 The Turks and Caicos Islands have a high number of e...

1752 BOTSWANA - Animal families

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As I say here , even if up to 70% of Botswana 's territory is occupied by the Kalahari Desert , the country has a spectacular abund...
June 30, 2015

1701 BOTSWANA - Makgadikgadi Pan, Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, and Tuli Block (UNESCO WHS and Tentative List)

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Botswana is topographically flat, with up to 70% of its territory being the Kalahari Desert , but nevertheless has diverse areas of wi...
May 3, 2015

1377, 1563 RWANDA - Mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park

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1377 - A mountain gorilla in Volcanoes National Park Posted on 26.12.2014, and 03.05.2015 Volcanoes National Park lies in northwest...
March 28, 2015

1500 CONGO-KINSHASA - Virunga National Park (UNESCO WHS)

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Located in the centre of the Albertine Rift , of the Great Rift Valley , the Virunga National Park (formerly named Albert National Par...
August 18, 2014

1192 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - The national bird of the country

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles Island arc , in the southern portion of the Windward Isl...
January 19, 2014

0363 UNITED KINGDOM (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) - Wandering Albatross

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Considered Antarctic territories , because are located south to the Antarctic Convergence , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Isla...
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February 9, 2013

0504 SEYCHELLES (Praslin) - Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (UNESCO WHS)

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Praslin , named like that in 1768 in honor of French diplomat César Gabriel de Choiseul , duc de Praslin, is the second largest island ...
September 20, 2012

0337 INDONESIA (Lesser Sunda) - Komodo National Park (UNESCO WHS)

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  The Komodo National Park , declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991, and also selected as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature , i...
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August 3, 2012

0297 BHUTAN – Snow leopard

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Solitary snow leopard ( Panthera uncia ) roam the harsh mountain terrain of Central Asia, and can be seen in 12 countries, respectively...
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