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The Red Book of Endangered Species

ANIMALS

Red wolf The red wolf (Canis rufus or Canis lupus rufus), also known as the Florida black wolf or Mississippi Valley wolf, is a canid of unresolved taxonomic identity native to the eastern United States. It is generally, morphologically, an intermediate between the coyote and gray wolf, and is of a reddish, tawny color. The Red Wolf is a federally listed endangered species of the United States, and is protected by law

Steller sea lion Sea lions are sea mammals characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours and short, thick hair? Big chest and belly. Their range extends from the subarctic to tropical waters of the global ocean in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, with the notable exception of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

(Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale, gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, or California gray whale is a baleen whale that migrates Gray whale The gray whale between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of 36 tonnes (40 short tons), and lives between 55 and 70 years. The common

Amur tiger Tigers living southem part of the Far East, the entire territory of Primorsky Krai and South of Khabarovskay krai. He feed ber, catches and badger, wolf, lynx. Tigers live up to 25 years, in nature of their age, obiously, shorter.

Snow leopard The snow leopard or ounce (Panthera uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red individuals. List of Threatened Species because as of 2003 the size of the global wild population was estimated at 4,080-6,590 adults. Fewer than 2,500 individuals may be reproducing in the wild. As of 2016, estimates for the size of the global population vary from at least 4,080 to about 8,700

Basking shark The basking shark is the second largest fish after the whale shark. The basking shark reaches a length of ten meters and weighs about four tons. Like the whale shark the basking shark feeds on plankton but not absorb the water and just swims with open mouth filtering through the gills everything that falls into it. Thus the basking shark is able to filter up to 2000 tons of water per hour.

Manul The Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), also called the Manul, is a small wild cat with a broad but fragmented distribution in the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia. It is negatively affected by habitat degradation, prey base decline, and hunting, and has therefore been classified as Near Threatened by IUCN since 2002. The Pallas's cat was named after the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas, who first described the cat in 1776 under the binomial Felis manul.

Magellanic penguin A summer resident of the Island (his strength is estimated at 100000 pairs) which comes to breed on the Islands in September. These penguins nest in burrows, the height to a depth of 4 to 6 pounds. This species eats small, diverse, small fishes and smaller species of squid.

Polar bear Polar bear`s habitat is the Antarctic Pole. It is rather a big animal and lives on ice. Polar bear can swim very well. When animal meets an iceberg on it`s way it can swim very long distances.

PLANTS

Tulip dwarf Tulipa humilis is a species of flowering plant in the lily family, found in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, Iran and the North Caucasus region of Russia. It`s preferred habitat are rocky mountain slopes. It is known by several other names in horticulture.

Hindu Lotus Lotus is found in Russia, mainly in the regions adjacent to Asia. Disappears mainly due to the neglect of, for example, the Lotus root is considered a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, it is a flower often destroy for the sake of eating.

Magnolia obovate Magnolia obovate (Japanese bigleaf magnolia and Japanese whitebark magnolia) is a species of Magnolia, native to Japan and the adjacent Kurile Islands. It grows at altitudes near sea level up to 1,800min mixed broadleaf forests.

Crocus speciosus Crocus speciosus, with common name Bieberstein`s crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. The plant is native to northern and central Turkey, the Caucasus, northern Iran, Crimea.

Oriental poppy Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran. Oriental poppies grow a mound of leaves that are hairy and finely dissected in spring. They gather energy and bloom in mid-summer. After flowering the foliage dies away entirely, a property that allows their survival in the summer drought of Central Asia. Gardeners can place late- developing plants nearby to fill the developing gap.

Lilium lancifolium Lily lanceolata or tigrinum is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lily family Liliaceae. Included in the subgenus Archelirion of genus Lily.

Peony mountain Herbaceous perennial with monocarpic shoots are 60-90 cm high. Root nodules are cylindrical. Flowers in may, fruits ripen in July-August. Propagation by seeds.

Panax ginseng This is a very useful plant, it is used in medicine, raw material of ginseng root immunomodulirutee possesses powerful stimulating properties. Grows mainly in Russia.

Rhododendron of Shlippenbah Deciduous shrub, one of the most beautiful among these. In Russia there are only instances in the Khasan district in southern Primorye on the slopes.