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endangered species An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...

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Mammals

Reptiles

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Testudo horsfieldii Testudo (which meant "tortoise" in classical Latin) may refer to: * Battering ram, an armored siege engine with metal plating on the top to protect from missiles fired from above * Chevrolet Testudo, a concept car designed and built by Bertone on a ...

Birds

*'' Aythya baeri'' *'' Sterna acuticauda'' *''

Threskiornis melanocephalus The black-headed ibis (''Threskiornis melanocephalus''), also known as the Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis, and black-necked ibis, is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in the South and Southeast A ...

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Limosa limosa The black-tailed godwit (''Limosa limosa'') is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, '' Limosa''. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest ...

'' *'' Chaetornis striata'' *''

Catreus wallichii The cheer pheasant (''Catreus wallichii''), also known as Wallich's pheasant or chir pheasant, is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in the genus ''Catreus''. The scientific name commemorates Danish ...

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Aegypius monachus The cinereous vulture (''Aegypius monachus'') is a large raptor in the family Accipitridae and distributed through much of temperate Eurasia. It is also known as the black vulture, monk vulture and Eurasian black vulture. With a body length of , ...

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Pelecanus crispus The Dalmatian pelican (''Pelecanus crispus'') is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world's largest freshwater bird, although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans. They are elegant soaring birds, with wings ...

'' *'' Neophron percnopterus'' *''

Numenius arquata The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (''Numenius arquata'') is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. In Europe, this species is often referred t ...

'' *'' Falco peregrinus peregrinus'' *''

Coracias garrulus The European roller (''Coracias garrulus'') is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and the Maghreb. The European roller is found in a wide variety of hab ...

'' *'' Aythya nyroca'' *''

Ardeotis nigriceps The great Indian bustard (''Ardeotis nigriceps'') or Indian bustard, is a bustard found on the Indian subcontinent. A large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs, giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of t ...

'' *'' Clanga clanga'' *''

Chlamydotis undulata The houbara bustard (''Chlamydotis undulata''), also known as African houbara, is a relatively small bustard native to North Africa, where it lives in arid habitats. The global population is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2014. ...

'' *'' Rynchops albicollis'' *''

Clanga hastata The Indian spotted eagle (''Clanga hastata'') is a large bird of prey native to South Asia. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The typical eagles are often united with the buteos, sea eagles and other more heavyset Ac ...

'' *'' Gyps indicus'' *'' Ficedula subrubra'' *''

Falco jugger The laggar falcon (''Falco jugger''), also known as the lugger falcon or jugger (from Hindi जग्गर — jaggar, “falcon”) is a mid-sized bird of prey which occurs in the Indian subcontinent from extreme southeastern Iran, southeaste ...

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Phoeniconaias minor The lesser flamingo (''Phoeniconaias minor'') is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants. Characteristics The lesser ...

'' *'' Falco naumanni'' *''

Anser erythropus The lesser white-fronted goose (''Anser erythropus'') is a goose closely related to the larger white-fronted goose (''A. albifrons''). It breeds in the northernmost Palearctic, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe. There is a re-introduction sch ...

'' *'' Tetrax tetrax'' *'' Locustella major'' *''

Marmaronetta angustirostris The marbled duck, or marbled teal (''Marmaronetta angustirostris'') is a medium-sized species of duck from southern Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia. The scientific name, ''Marmaronetta angustirostris'', comes from the Greek ...

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Anhinga melanogaster The Oriental darter (''Anhinga melanogaster'') is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a long and slender neck with a straight, pointed bill and, like the cormorant, it hunts for fish while its body is submerged in water ...

'' *'' Mycteria leucocephala'' *'' Columba eversmanni'' *'' Haliaeetus leucoryphus'' *''

Circus macrourus The pale or pallid harrier (''Circus macrourus'') is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier subfamily. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek. ''Circus'' is from ''kirkos'', referring to a bird of prey named for its circling fli ...

'' *'' Prinia burnesii'' *''

Falco cherrug The saker falcon (''Falco cherrug'') is a large species of falcon. This species breeds from central Europe eastwards across the Palearctic to Manchuria. It is mainly bird migration, migratory except in the southernmost parts of its range, winter ...

'' *'' Grus antigone'' *''

Grus leucogeranus The Siberian crane (''Leucogeranus leucogeranus''), also known as the Siberian white crane or the snow crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. They are distinctive among the cranes: adults are nearly all snowy white, except for their ...

'' *'' Vanellus gregarius'' *'' Phylloscopus tytleri'' *'' Tragopan melanocephalus'' *'' Oxyura leucocephala'' *''

Gyps bengalensis The white-rumped vulture (''Gyps bengalensis'') is an Old World vulture native to South and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2000, as the population severely declined. White-rumped vultures d ...

'' *'' Indicator xanthonotus''

Fishes

* '' Aetomylaeus nichofii'' * ''

Thunnus obesus The bigeye tuna (''Thunnus obesus'') is a species of true tuna of the genus ''Thunnus'', belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. In Hawaiian, it is one of two species known as ahi, the other being the yellowfin tuna. Bigeye tuna are ...

Marine animals

Coral Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and sec ...
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Acropora ''Acropora'' is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. ''Acropora'' species are some of the major reef corals r ...

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Acropora formosa ''Acropora muricata'', commonly called staghorn coral, is a species of acroporid coral found in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Australia, central Indo-Pacific, Japan, Southeast Asia, the East China Sea and the ocean ...

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Acropora pharaonis ''Acropora pharaonis'' is a species of acroporid coral that was first described by Milne-Edwards and Haime in 1860. Found in marine, tropical, reefs on slopes sheltered from wave action, it occurs at depths of between . It is classed as a vulner ...

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Acropora hyacinthus ''Acropora hyacinthus'' is a species of Acropora described from a specimen collected in Fiji by James Dwight Dana in 1846. It is thought to have a range that includes the Indian Ocean, the Indo-Pacific waters, southeast Asia, Japan, the East C ...

'', '' Acropora horrida'', ''

Acropora granulosa ''Acropora granulosa'' is a species of acroporid coral found in the northern and southwest Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, Australia, the East China Sea, Japan, the oceanic central and western Pacific Ocean, and the central Indo-Pacific. It occurs ...

'' *Birdsnest coral: '' Seriatopora caliendrum'' *Blue coral: '' Heliopora coerulea'' *Closed brain coral: '' Leptoria phrygia'' *Crisp pillow coral: '' Anomastraea irregularis'' * '' Erythrastrea flabellata'' * '' Pseudosiderastrea tayami'' * '' Fungia curvata'' * '' Goniastrea peresi'', '' Goniopora stokesi'', ''

Goniopora lobata ''Goniopora'', often called flowerpot coral, is a genus of colonial stony coral found in lagoons and turbid water conditions. ''Goniopora'' have numerous daisy-like polyps that extend outward from the base, each tipped with 24 stinging tent ...

'', '' Goniopora columna'' * '' Hydnophora microconos'', '' Hydnophora exesa'' * '' Montastrea annuligera'' * '' Montipora venosa'', '' Montipora stilosa'', '' Montipora foliosa'' * '' Favites flexuosa'', '' Favites flexuosa'', ''

Favites chinensis ''Favites'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Japan, the Line ...

'', '' Favites micropentagona'', '' Favites halicora'' * ''

Galaxea astreata Gallery File:Galaxea astreata, Koh Phangan.jpg File:Galaxea-astreata-close.jpg, File:Galaxea-astreata-1.jpg File:Coral (Galaxea Astreata).png Overview (Lamark, 1816) ''Galaxea astreata'' is a common and cosmopolitan large polyp scleractini ...

'' * '' Tubipora musica'' * '' Parasimplastrea sheppardi'' * ''

Pavona venosa Pavona is a hamlet in Lazio, central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Albano Laziale. However, its traditional territory is also included in those of Castel Gandolfo and Rome , established_title = Founded ...

'', '' Pavona diffluens'', '' Pavona decussata'', '' Pavona cactus'' * '' Physogyra lichtensteini'' * '' Platygyra'': '' Platygyra lamellina'' * ''

Porites ''Porites'' is a genus of stony coral; they are small polyp stony (SPS) corals. They are characterised by a finger-like morphology. Members of this genus have widely spaced calices, a well-developed wall reticulum and are bilaterally symmetric ...

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Porites echinulata ''Porites'' is a genus of Scleractinia, stony coral; they are small polyp stony (SPS) corals. They are characterised by a finger-like morphology (biology), morphology. Members of this genus have widely spaced Calice (zoology), calices, a well- ...

'' * '' Psammocora contigua'' * ''

Acanthastrea ''Acanthastrea'' is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Lobophylliidae. The colonies are massive and usually flat. The corallites are either circular or angular in shape. The septa are thick near the wall of the corallite, becomin ...

'': '' Acanthastrea hillae'' * '' Turbinaria'': '' Turbinaria reniformis'', '' Turbinaria peltata''

References

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*Pakistan Environmental Journalists visual database o
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