Endangered Animals & Plants

Endangered Animals & Plants

Genavee Torres

Animal: Leatherback Sea Turtle (Endangered)

Scientific name: Dermochelys Coriacea

Where listed: Wherever found

Animal: Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Threatened)

Scientific Name: Coccyzus Americanus

Where listed: U.S.A, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY, Canada, Mexico, Sinaloa & more Listing Status: Endangered Listing Status: Threatened

Plant: Island Bedstraw (Endangered)

Scientific Name: Galium Buxifolium

Where listed: Wherever found  

Sea turtle-"Slaughtered for their eggs, meat, skin and shells, sea turtles suffer from poaching and over-exploitation. They also face habitat destruction and accidental capture in fishing gear"

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo- Habitat losses, breeding habitats have been reduced 

Island Bedstraw- "Habitat alteration caused by soil loss and herbivory from feral pig rooting and sheep grazing, trampling and pig rooting along the sea cliffs increases the likelihood of slope failure"