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Falling Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Endangered Species: Media

The marquee names of the endangered species list…

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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
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Of the five kinds of tiger that remain, the Bengal tiger is the best known of these...
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vaquita
This illustration of a vaquita shows the black rings around the eyes and mouth. Vaquitas...
Marko Steffensen/Alamy
Siberian tiger
Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Longleat Safari and Adventure...
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whooping crane
Whooping cranes (Grus americana) at the International Crane Foundation (ICF)...
International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, WI.
blue whale
Whale-watching boat alongside a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), Sea...
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Asian elephant
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).
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Sea otter
Floating sea otter (Enhydra lutris).
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Javan rhinoceros
Coloured lithograph of a Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) by J. Wolf,...
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mountain gorilla
Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), Virunga Mountains, Rwanda.
Richard Gruggiero/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrissii).
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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in a tree
Orangutans (Pongo) have demonstrated cognitive abilities such...
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