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Extinct in the wild: Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. CR: Critically endangered: The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. EN: Endangered: The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: Vulnerable
Many of these wildlife species are threatened animals such as large lowland gorillas and chimpanzees. [2] Five of the country's national parks are listed as World Heritage Sites: the Garumba, Kahuzi-Biega, Salonga and Virunga National Parks, and Okapi Wildlife Reserve. All five sites are listed by UNESCO as World Heritage In Danger.
The Republic of the Congo is home to approximately 10,000 species of tropical plants. Among which thirty percent (3,000) of these species are specific to Congo. Congo plants include some of the most diverse and rich environments and the largest forest areas, with only the Democratic Republic of the Congo being more diverse. There are about ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Republic of the Congo. Of the mammal species in the Republic of the Congo, five are endangered, nine are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
The Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 American historical adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas.The screenplay, written by William Goldman, is a fictionalized account of the Tsavo man-eaters, a pair of male lions that terrorized workers in and around Tsavo, Kenya during the building of the Uganda-Mombasa Railway East Africa in 1898.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Species of mammal This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Okapi (disambiguation). Okapi Male okapi at Beauval Zoo Female okapi at Zoo Miami Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class ...
This is a list of notable films that are primarily about animals.This include film where the main characters are animals or the plot revolves around an animal. While films involving dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals are included on this list, those concerning legendary creatures, such as dragons, vampires, or animal-human hybrids like werewolve are not.
Natural horror is a subgenre of horror films that features natural forces, [1] typically in the form of animals or plants, that pose a threat to human characters.. Though killer animals in film have existed since the release of The Lost World in 1925, [2] two of the first motion pictures to garner mainstream success with a "nature run amok" premise were The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock ...