- The more you know, the more you can help or at least not hurt these already endangered species.
Did you read Things To Know About Endangered Species In The United States? Because this is part two.
Beluga Whale
Beluga whales have a developed and acute sense of hearing and their auditory cortex is highly developed. They can swim 2 to 6 miles an hour but the fastest observed whale was at 17 miles per hour.
Stellar Sea Lion
These sea lions can travel long distances in a season, especially the males, but their diving abilities change with age.It’s important for Stellar sea lions to have an undisturbed land habitat for resting, molting, socializing, mating, giving birth, and nursing their pups during breeding times.
Florida Scrub Jay
Florida Scrub Jays are round-headed with blue and gray coloring. They are the only bird species that lives only in Florida . They only eat insects, frogs, toads, lizards, mice, bird eggs and acorns.
Bonytail Chub
This endangered species, also known as a Gila elegans, is a large, silver chub with a greenish back. They eat insects and algae and spawn in the Spring. You can find the bonytail chub in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.
Guam rail
There are only about 120 Guam rails left in the world and they live in captivity in Guam. There are about 35 of the birds in the captive breeding programs throughout the United States. Before the 1960s, there were more like 70,000 of these birds, who are about 11 inches long, though males are bigger. They are brown with a grey eye stripe and throat, a blackish breast with white barring and legs and a beak that are dark brown.
Austin Blind Salamander
The Austin Blind Salamander can adapt to life in an aquatic, underground environment and doesn’t need to see so its “eyes” are two black spots beneath the skin. They have a wide and flattened head and can grow as large as 3.5 to 5.5 inches long. Their diet is mostly snails and shrimp.
California Condor
As of 2022, there were 561 condors in the world with 347 in the wild and 214 in captivity. The California condor has a bald red head with a wide wingspan and triangular white patches under its wings and it’s one of the rarest birds in the wild.
North Atlantic Right Whale
There are only about 360 North Atlantic Right Whales left and only about 70 of them are active females, reproductively. They are large, stocky and black whales with broad tales, blowholes that are V-shaped and white calluses on their heads. They also don’t have a dorsal fin.
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaiian monk seals are one of the most endangered seal species in the world but its population has been declining. There are less than 1,100 in the wild and another variety of monk seal has already gone extinct. Monk seals are about 35 pounds and 3 feet long with black fur. Light patches of red and green can be seen on adults because attached algae is common.
Laysan Duck
This nocturnal bird eats mostly insects and is restricted to Laysan Island, hence their name. They are teal-sized and dark brown with a bright white eye ring. Today the population of the ducks on the island is between 503 and 682. There is a relocated population at the Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and there are about 350 of them there.
Did you know these animals were endangered in the United States? Let me know in the comments!