Friday, November 30, 2012

fossil record

Name the topic you pick: Fossil record

Borneo toad
fact 1: the borneo toad was discovered after 87 years.
fact 2: got extinct in the 19th century
fact 3: discovery of the bird in Fiorland's Murchison Mountains.
fact 4: There are currently less than 300 still alive.
fact 5: flightless bird

Caspian tiger 
fact 1: extinct since 1970
fact 2: The Caspian tiger or Persian tiger was the westernmost subspecies of tiger, found in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
fact 3: the Caspian tiger was the third largest. 
fact 4:The body of this subspecies was quite stocky and elongated with strong legs, big wide paws and unusually large claws. 
fact 5: Male Caspian tigers were very large and weighed 169-240 kg and Females were not as large, weighing 85-135 kg. 

Cave lion 

fact 1: extinct 2,000 years ago
fact 2: was one of the largest lions
fact 3:. An adult male, had a shoulder height of around 1.2 m and a length of 2.1 m without a tail, which is about the same size as a very big modern lion. 
fact 4: cat may have been around 5-10% bigger than modern lions.
fact 5: 

Monday, October 29, 2012

Texas Endangered Species

Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. A species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction.Where the population of a species is dangerously low, so much that their gene pool diversity is adversely affected while there is a risk of the species being wiped out all together, usually a consequence from human gain
There is 28 different plants that are endangered. There is 63 endangered animals in texas. 
resources:http://www.endangeredspecie.com/states/tx.htm
https://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/texas_rare_species/listed_species/
this picture shows animals that are endangered