Extinct
Extinct in Wild
Critically Endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
100
A large flightless bird previously found on the island of Mauritius.
What is the Dodo?
100
This organisation compiles information about the world's threatened species.
What is the IUCN?
100
This animal has been hunted for its skin and bones, with only 400-500 remaining in the wild.
What is the Siberian tiger?
100
Dian Fossey declared war on poachers to protect this species.
What are mountain gorillas?
100
This Queensland bird has an unusual digestive system that allows seeds to remain intact.
What is the cassowary?
200
Thylacinus cynocephalus is the scientific name for this animal.
What is the Tasmanian tiger?
200
There are only 46 mature plants left on the island of Mauritius.
What is the mandrinette? (Hibiscus fragilis)
200
This is lost through the destruction of the natural habitats of many plants and animals.
What is biodiversity?
200
Referring to species that face a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.
What is endangered?
200
This activity is responsible for decreasing the southern cassowary population by more than twenty percent in the last thirty years.
What is habitat destruction?
300
The last captive thylacine died here in 1936.
What is Hobart Zoo?
300
This is used to separate threatened animals and plants into categories.
What is The Red List?
300
This species was the third most commonly recorded sea snake in the 1990s but has declined by at least 90% since then.
What is the Short-nosed Sea Snake? (Sahul Reef Snake)
300
Seventy-five thousand of this animal are killed annually to make ornaments and jewellery.
What are elephants?
300
This region is where you will find Australia.
What is Oceania?
400
This is where half of the world's mammal extinction occurred during the last 200 years.
What is Australia?
400
This is upset when a species of plant or animal disappears.
What is an ecosystem?
400
There are ninety-seven species of native plants and animals on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in this country.
What is Australia?
400
The droppings of this animal may be used to help raise calvaria seedlings.
What are turkeys?
400
The development of these in alpine communities has possibly led to the Mountain Pygmy Possum becoming critically endangered.
What are ski resorts?
500
Australia has twenty-nine of these.
What is extinct species?
500
This word describes the places where you might find a species that is listed as extinct in the wild.
What is captivity?
500
This individual is responsible for raising awareness of the IUCN Red List amongst your cohort.
Who is Melissa Cameron?
500
The Timor Reef Snake is in this category.
What is the endangered species category?
500
This is required to determine possible causes of the decline in certain species of plants and animals?
What is research?
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