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Wednesday 19 June 2013

Threatened Mammals : Threats Table


THREAT TABLE

Mammals in danger for SIRENIA
LIGHTING
Threat cause
nting for meat. Water pollution. Construction of dams. Propellers of pleasure boats

Damage
7 threatened species and subspecies
this represents 23.3 % of Sirenia
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and 1 extinct species since 1900
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NAVIGATION
Specialized Insitut for the protection of species have developed a risk level of threats.
For SIRENIA , locate the species and subspecies concerned by risk level and Institut
Level's threatened selection
 
Institut's selection
 
MORE ABOUT
This species are critically endangered !!
Despite the protective measures that are being endangered species, laws are not always respected or enforced. Species declared in danger may disappear forever if stringent measures are not taken quickly. This is the case for these species and subspecies, their population is now very small and in a few decades, they have disappeared in the wild.
PHOTO COMMON NAME
LATIN NAME
DISTRIBUTION STATUS
Dwarf manatee
Trichechus pygmaeus
 Brazil, Amazonas State, Amazon, though restricted to one tributary of the Rio Aripuana  IUCN 1996 : Critically Endangered