Thursday, 18. January 2007
Topic: NATURE - on January 18, 2007 at 10:51:00 AM CET
Top 100 Cryptic Mammals
The Zoological Society of London has created an amazing list of the world’s top 100 rarest and thus most endangered mammalian species.
“We are focusing on EDGE species – that means they are Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered,” announced the Zoological Society of London ’s Jonathan Baillie. “These are one-of-a-kind species. If they are lost there is nothing similar to them left on the planet. It would be a bit like the art world losing the Mona Lisa – they are simply irreplaceable.”
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