Mountain Gorilla 
There exist about 325 gorillas in each of two very separate areas located in the Rwanda   Zaire, Uganda  habitat range. Placed on the endangered list due to  habitat  loss, poaching, and traps meant for other game.

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
As the great long- leaf pine forests go, so goes the Red- Cockaded, native to the Southeastern U.S. Despite efforts to the contrary, this species has con- tinued to decline along with its habitat.

Humpback Whale 
Threatened by world- wide drop in the krill and fish populations, around 10,000 now in existence. Up to 50 feet in length and 37 tons in weight, once nearly hunted to extinction.

Sonoran Pronghorn
 Imperiled   by reduced  habitat associated   with livestock grazing and river damming/diversion. Sonoran Proughorns (total under 500) are native to Arizona and Mexico, and are protected from hunters.

Black-Footed Ferret
Population down to under 1,000, their habitat includes the prairie dog towns of the Great Plains. Its fate is tied to the future of the prairie dog, which, in turn, are disappearing  with loss of habitat.

Florida Panther 
A shrinking habitat confines the Florida Panther to a small area, resulting in small number (30-50) that is highly inbred. Only hope is for its habitat (53 percent privately owned) to be protected.

Gray Wolf
Once viewed as a pest species, and almost eliminated completely, the gray wolf is making a comeback in the states of Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. They number over 2800 in the lower 48 states.

Galapagos Giant      
Tortoise
Their habitat is the arid, and volcanic Galapagos Islands, where now fewer than 15,000 survive. Weighing up to 500 pounds, and living up to 150 years, three subspecies are now extinct, a fourth down to one lone survivor.

Whooping Crane 
There were only 21 left in the wild in 1941. Under pro- tection, their number has grown ten-fold. Winters in Texas, breeds in Northern Canada. The tallest American Bird.

Brown Pelican
Still endangered in California, Texas, and Louisiana, and some areas outside the U.S.  Once they were decimated by hunters, angry fish- ermen, and DDT, numbers now on the rise. More plentiful on  Atlantic and Florida Gulf Coasts.

Cheetah
Several thousand roam Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in Namibia. The fastest animal on land, but numbers plummeting due to habitat loss, cub mortality from predators, and encounters with humans. Lack of genetic variety a significant problem.

Bald Eagle
Upgraded in 1995 to 'threatened,' the bald eagle has now been coming back slowly, especially after the 1972 ban on DDT. Its range is most of North America.

California Condor 
Only 27 survivors by 1987, but estimated to be around 150 birds today in the wild and captivity. Decimated by illegal shootings, habitat loss, and poisoning. Saved by our captive breeding program.

Small Whorled Pogonia
Found in the Eastern and midwestern U.S. and Ontario, Canada the decline of these plants is due to loss and degradation of habitat, and collector interest. Currently upgraded to 'threatened.'

Kakapo
Native to forests and grasslands of New Zealand, its name means 'night parrot.' Without defenses against humans (or the predators they brought with them.), this flightless, eight pound  bird  was nearly wiped out.