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Spectacled Bear It is the only bear in South America, their habitat is the high forests of the Andes of Táchira, Merida and Trujillo, Lara southern and northern Portugal. This bear is a mammal that does not attack, just makes you feel in danger when he or his offspring.
Is up to us to work together to prevent these animals are doomed to extinction. We can all do our bit by following these simple recommendations: • Do not consume meat from wild animals. • Do not buy wild animals. • Report to the National Guard who market to endangered species.
Threats: It is estimated that fewer than 2,000 of these bears in the wild destruction and fragmentation of habitat due to agricultural growth is the main cause of its decline. Sport hunting and legends exist about the species are also contributing to their extinction. It was found that surviving populations are fragmented and restricted to forest remnants that have been isolated.
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C贸ndor It lies along the Andes, in Venezuela can be found specifically in the Andean Cordillera and the Sierra de Perija. The most imposing of the American Andes bird is the Condor (Vultur gryphus) belonging to the order of Falconiformes and family whose members are characterized Cathartidae to feed almost exclusively on carrion. The Condor is a large bird with some monogamous and sedentary nocturnal. His head is bare of feathers and the male is easily distinguished from the female by its comb or caruncle that carries on the front and peak, plus the male is larger and has the iris yellowish brown while the rojizo.su his partner is really extraordinary vision. Its beak is stout apical hook and sharp edges, has a large crop that stands to be filled, is quite robust legs, toes strong but relatively weak blunt nails. Its plumage is brown young and adult ochraceous is usually bluish black color and boasts a necklace of white down and large patches also white at the ends of the wings.
An adult male can weigh about 12 kilos and measure from the tip of beak to tip of tail 1.30 meters, its size can achieve flight and fly over 3.50 meters over 7000 meters high and favorable climatic conditions for sustained flight some time about 55 km / hour.
Threats: the extinction of large mammals in Latin America and the reduction of species such as deer and tapirs have contributed to the decline in the populations of these predators. Additionally, since the period of conquest has been affected by hunting and even hunting.
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Manati
It is a large aquatic mammal with no dorsal fin and a paddle-shaped tail. His body is thick and can reach up to 4 meters in length and weigh 500 kg gray or brown in color. Presents rolls of flesh on the neck. The head is small and dull, with the pair of nostrils, round and small. The tube has stiff whiskers. Have 3-4 nails at the end of each flipper. His upper lip is too thick, strong and is used to start all types of aquatic vegetation. They are shy and completely harmless, traveling alone or in small family groups, all his life is spent in the water. Threats: water pollution and increased boat traffic and "jet skis" cause collisions with manatees that are sometimes fatal to the animal. In addition, fishing
manatees to use their meat, oil and grease is affecting their population. In addition, there are cases of young manatee entangled in fishing nets that have been left unattended for long.
ant-eater These animals are characterized by an elongated snout and cylindrical, a very narrow mouth without teeth and a long sticky tongue with which they catch their food. The particular species is one meter long without the tail and its weight can exceed 25 kg His legs
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carry strong claws, the forelegs are used to destroy nests and termite mounds. The tail is covered with long hairs that resemble a palm leaf. The color is gray with black stripes on the sides
negligent drivers who do not take precautions.
Cardenalito Belonging to the family Fringillidae, these birds vary in color according to sex. The female has a grayish plumage most of the body, this change in male red-orange hues of intense today, occupies less than 20% of the original distribution. Falcon, today he is seen in Lara and part of Guarico and Anzoategui.
Threats: The main threat is associated with the winding up of individuals on the road. Hunting both as a food source or as a sport is another threat to the sustainability of the space. Even though their populations are declining critical slowly decrease the destruction of their habitats. In the Amazon is still considered stable, in the Gran Sabana are occasionally seen in the villages and nearby roads are often overwhelmed many times by
Threats: Is considered the most endangered species in Venezuela. Their beautiful plumage was the cause of persecution from the nineteenth century for use as decoration for
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hats and species hybridization with canaries.
Jaguar Its habitat is the jungle region of the Tropical Zone, prefers forests with rivers and streams. Today there are about 2,500 copies, many of them scarred by attempts caza.El shots jaguar has been significantly reduced in its original distribution (Emmons 1990). Its northern boundary has receded about 1,000 km and only stays on 33 and 62% of its range in Central and South America, respectively (Swank & Teer 1989, Hoogesteijn & Mondolfi 1990).
relatively stable, those located in Sierra de Perija, western plains and Andean foothills Orinoco delta are in steady decline and in the Cordillera de La Costa practically extinct (Hoogesteijn & Mondolfi 1990, Medina et al. 1992) The increased pressure on the jaguar is located in the town located in the basin of Lake Maracaibo (Hoogesteijn com. Comm.). The species has been declared Vulnerable to extinction by the World Conservation Union (IUCN 1990). In Argentina (Bertonatti & Gonzalez 1993) and Ecuador (SuĂĄrez & GarcĂa 1986) is considered in danger of extinction, while in Peru the situation is Vulnerable (Pulido 1991).
In Venezuela, until the fifties, the jaguar has a wide distribution (Hoogesteijn & Mondolfi 1991a). Today, only the populations located in the states of Amazonas and Bolivar remain
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Caimรกn Del Orino Tuvimos The Orinoco crocodile is one of the largest crocodile species in the world, reaching the adults reach 6-7 m in length, but is now very unlikely to find animals that size. In recent times, the largest wild specimen caught alive in length measured 4.40 m in Zuata River, a tributary of the Orinoco in the state of Anzoategui. It features a long, narrow snout know slightly curved upwards. The dorsal plates are very regular and color may vary from grayish green to yellow or dark gray.
are exposed to lower rivers during the dry season nesting taking place between the months of January and February. The number of eggs can vary between 15 and 70, but the normal average is 40. Females remain near the nest during incubation and 90 days after the beginning of the rainy season, which are born Caimancito remain under the care of his mother for an extended period.
Juvenile alligators feed primarily on fish and aquatic invertebrates, and adults and a high proportion of, include in your diet mammals, birds and reptiles of medium size which are captured in wait at water's edge. Due to its large size, is a species feared by local people and unjustly accused of attacking humans. That was all females on the other hand, lay their eggs in sandy banks and beaches
Thus, the habitat of this interesting reptile blackmailing is between Colombia and Venezuela in rivers and streams
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of the Orinoco basin. But equally, there are other streams as Cojedes, Apure, Guรกrico, where he is also very common to find this type of animal. UNELLEZ and the Ministry of Environment. Historically, uncontrolled commercial whaling, which occurred in the early twentieth century (between the decades of 30 to 60), resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of copies of this crocodile was the cause that led to this species on the brink of extinction. This achieved the virtual disappearance of the species in Colombia and led to a critical level populations in Venezuela, the remnants, remains in critical condition and only recently in the last decade of last century to the present, we have taken coordinated actions breeding captive populations and strengthening, releasing more than three thousand juveniles in 14 years. These activities assist nongovernmental organizations (FUDECI), farmers (Hato Masaguaral, Cold and Miranda), the
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