151. WWF - Nusu Tenggara Dry Forests
Although the number of animal species is low, the number of marsupials and mammals, many of which are endemic, demonstrates the Asian and Australian influences on the region's biodiversity.
Size:
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152. WWF - Philippines Freshwater
the “Best Place for an Animal Encounterâ€.
Donsol is known as the whale shark capital of the world because of the high number of whale sharks, locally known as butanding, found in its municipal waters. For decades, whale sharks have
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153. WWF - Socotra Island Desert
and Nirarathamnos. Selected animal species include the Socotra leaf-toed gecko ( Hemidactylus forbesii ), Guichard's rock gecko ( Pristurus guichardi ), Blanford's rock gecko ( P. insignis ), and Socotra rock gecko ( P. sokotranus ).
The island
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154. WWF - Rare dolphin spotted in the Yangtze River
filmed “a big white animal†with his digital camera on 19 August. The footage was later confirmed to be a baiji by Professor Wang Ding, a leading scientist in baiji study at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of
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155. WWF - New Caledonia Moist Forests
high endemism in plant and animal species, with an impressive diversity of vegetation types - over 2,900 species of vascular plants, of which nearly 80 per cent are endemic.
Because the island is separated from Australia by a wide stretch of
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156. WWF - Northeastern Congo Basin Moist Forests - A Global Ecoregion
Threats Hunting of animals for food and for medicinal values increasingly threatens ecosystem dynamics. Conversion of forest for agriculture and mining for gold constitute other threats. Mining has already seriously impacted many
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157. WWF - Peninsular Malaysian Lowland and Montane Forests
vegetarian, this animal forages for the tender shoots and leaves of more than 115 species of plants. They usually prefer to live near water and often bathe and swim, and they are also able to climb steep slopes. Malayan Tapirs are
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158. WWF - Mexican Dry Forests
turns supports a plethora of animal species.
The Jalisco Dry Forests are a region of unparalleled diversity in Mexico. One of the most characteristic features of this forest is that the trees lose their leaves for a long period of time during
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159. WWF - Namib-Karoo-Kaokeveld Deserts
lands for cultivation, animal ranching, unsustainable groundwater extraction, alteration of surface/subsurface flow, dam construction, mining, and illegal extraction of selected succulents for black market trade, all pose a suite of threats
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160. WWF - Madagascar Dry Forests
of endemic plant and animal species, including numerous chameleon species, the world’s most endangered tortoise, the Angonoka tortoise , and the rare aye-aye . There are 7 species of baobab trees as compared to only one
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