Introducing

This presentation accompanies the“Endangered Primates Unit” created by Kid World Citizen

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Endangered

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Primates

What does it mean for an animal or plant to be

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Quaggasub-species of Zebra

- South Africa

- Hunting

The last Quagga died in 1883. Quaggas are now extinct.

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Extinctmeans that an animal or plant doesn’t exist

anymore

Example: Quaggas are extinct because there aren’t any more of them alive on the entire planet.

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What does it mean for an animal or plant to be endangered?

Hint: en-DANGER-ed

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Passiflora Kwangtungensis

a type of passion flower (like passion fruit!)

- China

- Deforestation

There are only a small number of these flowers left. Chinese Passifloras are endangered.

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If an animal or plant is endangered,there is a chance they could

disappear

An endangered animal or plant is in danger of

becoming extinctExample: The Chinese Passiflora is endangered because

there are only a small number of them left.

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What is a primate?

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Primates are a group of mammals that include humans, apes,

monkeys, lemurs, and others.

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public domainPhoto credit Anna Langova see details

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3 Endangered Primates Silky Sifaka

LemurRolowayMonkey

Cotton-Top Tamarin(monkey)

Roloway Monkey at La Vallee de Singes at Romane (Vienne, Poitou-Charentes), France – Hans Hillewaert (Creative Commons attribution – share alike 3.0)

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Photo Credit Jeff Gibbs see details

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