Asia is a good breeding ground to millions of animal species. Accordingly, there are over 15,000 animal species endangered worldwide. And just like the others regions, the survival of our endangered animals in Asia are also threatened due to man-made destruction of natural habitats and irresponsible human activity. Such human interventions include: overexploitation, loss of habitat, and poaching of endangered animals. In addition to that, the effect of global warming had affected the environment where these animals live. The list of our endangered animals included the following:
1. Asian Elephant. Commonly known as the Indian Elephant, they are found in the regions of South Central and Southeast Asia, particularly in the jungles of Bangladesh Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Kampuchea;
2. Agile Gibbon: They are found in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. They live in family groups, spending much of their time high in the canopy of tropical forests.
3. Asian Tiger: There are nine sub-species of Asian tigers. Some of them are Bengal tigers, the Indochinese tigers, Malayan tigers, Sumatran tigers, Corbett’s tigers, Manchurian or Siberian tigers, and the South China tigers. It is estimated that only 40,000 of endangered Asian tigers are alive;
4. Bornean Orangutan: They are found only in the rainforests of Borneo and can be found mostly in trees;
5. The Chinese Alligator: This endangered animal is found in the lower area of Yangtze River basin in China. They prefer to live in slow-moving fresh-water rivers, ponds, and swamps;
6. Dugong: They generally live in shallow salty waters. They are large, gray, streamlined animals with concave tails, and nostrils at the top of their heads;
7. Great Indian One-horned Rhinoceros: This endangered animal is widely hunted for its horn, which is believed to possess aphrodisiac properties. It is said that only 1,500 of them are alive today. They are mainly found in captivity in Kaziranga and Orange national parks;
8. Snow Leopard: They are mainly found in the upper regions of Himalayas and the mountains of Central Asia. They can scale altitudes of 1,800 meters in winter to 5,500 meters in summer;
9. Rhesus monkeys are known for intelligence and considered to be the most widespread genus in the world, aside from humans. They have an incredible memory, and has the ability to learn many things. Rhesus monkey can mimic the facial expression very similar to humans. They have refined vocal systems similar to that of human beings.
Reference: Illustrated Encyclopedia of endangered animals.
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