Article - Endangered Animals

Malaysia is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. The rich and diverse in plant and animal life forms make Malaysia as one of the most biodiversity countries in the world. But this great biodiversity is slowly being threatened by human activities which destroyed the natural habitat of this natural environment.

Before a plant or an animal species become extinct, their numbers will decline. If the numbers continue to decrease, the species become rare, and it is said to be endangered. Endangered species means those which are facing the threat of extinction. To prevent extinction, these endangered species must be protected and preserved. Some of the endangered animals are giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ), jaguar (Panthera Onca), red wolf ( Canis rufus ), the Californian condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ), the golden lion tamarin ( Leontopithecus rosalia ) and the Galapagos Land iguana ( Conolophus pallidus ).

Some examples of our own Malaysian animals which are endangered include elephants, rhinoceros hornbill ( kenyalang / enggang lilin ), tapir (tenuk / cipan ), sun bear ( beruang matahari ), mouse deer ( kancil ), sambar deer ( rusa ), barking deer ( kijang ), leatherback turtle ( penyu ), river terrapin ( tuntung sungai ), seladang, long-tailed porcupine ( landak ), clouded leopard ( harimau dahan ), Malaysia peacock pheasant ( merak pongsu ), the milky stork ( burung upeh ), the gibbon ( siamang and ungka ) and otter civets ( musang ). It was believed in Malaysia, there are only 60 to 100 milky storks left.