Cook Islands Native Animals

Cook Island Mammalians Directory

Use the following tag to emphasize the IUCN' rated preservation state of each species: EXExtinctNo reasonable doubt that the last wasbed. CRCritically endangeredThe extinct nature is threatened. ENEndangeredThe genus is at extreme peril of being extinct in the great outdoors.

FMVulnerableThe endangered specie. NTNear threatenedThe specie does not fulfil any of the criterions that would classify it as endangered, but it is likely to do so in the fuTu. LCLeast concernIl n'y a actuellement aucun risque à identifier pour l'espèce. DDData deficientThere is insufficient information to assess the hazards of this type.

A number of types have been evaluated on the basis of previous criterions. The types evaluated with this system have the following instead of the almost endangered and least worrying categories: Lower risk-/preservation-dependent LR/cdThese were at the heart of the protection programs and may have been placed in a higher hazard class when this program was cessated.

LR/ntLower risk/near threatenedSpecies that are about to be considered endangered but are not covered by protection programs. LR/lcLower risk/least concern for which no recognisable hazards exist. Their forelegs are shaped as a wing, making them the only flying mammal in the canopy.

Fledermausarten constitute about 20% of all Säugetiere. These are the best water adaptable animals, with a spindle-shaped, almost bald corpse sheltered by a thick bubble of bubbles, and forelegs and tails that have been altered to propel them under water. More than 260 different predators exist, most of which mainly eat flesh.

IUCN' Red Schedule, which contains the types of animals and those recently declared to have died out (since 1500 AD). "world' s most important animal species." "Wild Diversity Web."