animals

Title	URL	Description
Endangered Species-Kids sites and Projects	http://eelink.net/EndSpp/students-kidssitesandprojects.html	Links on this page represent sites specifically designed for kids from non-profit, government, and multinational organizations and projects concerned with threatened and endangered species.
Endangered Species of the next millennium.	http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/english.index.shtml?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0920	Currently, there are over 24,000 species that are endangered or threatened by human activities. Unless we do something quickly, they will disappear forever.
Endangered Animal Printouts	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/endangered.shtml	Endangered animals are those species that are in danger of going extinct. Their reproductive rates are lower than their mortality rates over long periods of time, so their numbers are diminishing.
Boa Constrictor- sublink from above	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/snakes/Boa.shtml	The Boa Constrictor is a large, solitary snake from Central and South American rain forests, savannas, and semi-arid areas.
Black Caiman	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/caiman/Blackcaiman.shtml	Black Caimans (Melanosuchus niger) are large, meat-eating reptiles that spend most of their lives in the water. They live in freshwater habitats in South America, including the Amazon basin.
Chinchilla	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/rodent/Chinchilla.shtml	The chinchilla is a rodent that lives in colonies high in the Andes mountains of western South America. Chinchillas make their dens in rock crevasses and in burrows.
Golden Lion Tamarin	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/tamarin/Goldenliontamarin.shtml	The golden lion tamarin (also called the golden lion marmoset) is a small, squirrel-sized mammal with a lion-like mane. Tamarins live in small family groups.
Jaguars	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/cats/jaguar/Jaguarprintout.shtml	Jaguars are wild cats that live in rain forests, swamps, deserts, and shrubby areas from South and Central America. These solitary felines often have dens in caves.
Manatees	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/manatee/infosheet.shtml http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/manatee/	Manatees are aquatic mammals that are called sea cows (named this by Georg Wilhelm Steller, because they taste like beef).
Ocelots	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/cats/ocelot/Ocelotcoloring.shtml	Ocelots are medium-sized cats that live in rain forests and grasslands from South and Central America to the southwestern USA. These fast hunters eat small mammals, birds, fish and snakes. They are also very good swimmers
Scarlet Macaw	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Scarletmacaw.shtml	The Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) is a large type of parrot that is found in tropical rain forests of Central and South America, including Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil.
Sea Turtles	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/turtle/Seaturtlecoloring.shtml	Sea Turtles are large turtles that spend most of their lives in the seas. They live in shallow coastal waters of warm and temperate seas
Sloth	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/sloth/Slothprintout.shtml	The Sloth is a slow-moving, nocturnal mammal that spends its entire life hanging upside down in trees.
The Brazilian tapir	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/tapir/Tapirprintout.shtml	The Brazilian tapir or lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is a hoofed mammal with a long, rubbery nose that forms a small trunk.
The small-eared zorro	http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/fox/Smallearedzorro.shtml	The small-eared zorro is also known as the small-eared fox and the small-eared dog. This dog-like fox lives in rainforests of South America, including the Amazon basin.
Kid's Planet	http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html	The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed in 1973 in order to protect those plant and animal species that are at risk of becoming extinct. Species that receive protection under the ESA are classified into two categories, "Endangered" or "Threatened," depending on their status (how many are left in the wild) and how severely their survival is threatened.
The jaguar	http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/jaguar.html	The jaguar is one of the most majestic and mysterious animals in nature. Its beautiful spotted fur coat once was a sought-after commodity for the fashion industry.
Jaguars	http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/species/jaguar/jaguar.html	Full of power and grace, the jaguar is a symbol of mystery and wilderness throughout the Americas.
Pantanal	http://www.iis.com.br/~thequest/pantanal.htm	PANTANAL - An extensive plain of approximately 230.000 km2. The pantanal area occupies territory of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay in the heart of South America.
Endangered Butterflies (Mariposa)	http://www.edutrek.net/	The fragile or endangered status of many butterflies worldwide is not well known, even to many active lepidopterists and butterfly enthusiasts
Animals of South America in Danger	http://www.standard.net.au/~garyradley/animals/animals_samerica.htm	Click on the animal to learn more about it and why it is endangered.
Biodiversity	http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/geo2000/english/0087.htm	Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia share some of the world's most important continental wetlands, including 400 000 km² of marshlands (the pantanal and chaco), renowned for their diversity.
Endangered- In the Wild- South America	http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_macaw.htm	Macaw