Endangered Animals

3. A beautiful white antelope that lives in the Sahara Desert.
5. The largest land animal. It uses its long nose to pick up and hold things.
6. Sometimes called the "Asian unicorn", this animal lives only in Vietnam and Laos.
7. One of our closest cousins. Although it doesn’t eat meat, it has huge muscles.
9. The heaviest member of the Weasel family. It uses a rock to open clams to eat.
10. It is sometimes called the “fish-eating crocodile”. It lives in the rivers of India and Nepal.
11. The most endangered cetacean in the world, and the smallest.
13. It is the smaller, more peaceful cousin of the chimpanzee.
15. It has the body of a pig but a nose like an elephant. Its nose is much shorter, however.
16. Another name for this animal is the “forest giraffe”. It lives only in Congo.
18. A shark with a flat body; people wrongly think it is a ray. It has a name from Heaven.

1. Although parrots are usually brightly coloured, this African parrot is not.
2. The largest lizard in the world. It lives on several islands in Indonesia.
4. The world’s largest cat. It once lived all over Korea, except on Jeju Island.
6. You might think it’s a seal, but it’s a different animal. Its tiny ears are very cute.
8. This tall bird appears on the coat-of-arms of Sudan and South Africa.
9. The largest species of gibbon. It lives in the forest of Indonesia and Malaysia.
12. This cute amphibian is a popular pet. In the wild it lives only in Lake Xochimilco in Mexico.
14. A very intelligent animal from Borneo. Its name means “person of the forest” in Malay.
17. The largest animal on Earth, but it eats one of the smallest.