the world. The Borneo rainforest is one of the only remaining natural habitats for the endangered Bornean Orangutan. It is an important refuge for many endemic forest species‚ including the Asian Elephant‚ the Sumatran Rhinoceros‚ the Bornean Clouded Leopard‚ the Hose’s Civet and the Dayak Fruit Bat. The Borneo lowland rain forests cover most of the island‚ with an area of 427‚500 square kilometers. The Borneo mountain rainforests lie in the central highlands of the island‚ above the 1‚000 meters
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Endangered species From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Endangered species (disambiguation). "Endangered" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Endangered (disambiguation). Conservation status | | By risk of extinction | Extinct | Extinct (List) Extinct in the Wild (List) | Threatened | Critically Endangered (List) Endangered (List) Vulnerable (List) | At lower risk | Conservation Dependent (List) Near Threatened (List) Least
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major wildlife species are now threatened with extinction. Does saving these endangered species and taking necessary actions for those who are on the brink of extinction means anything to you? Most of us are not aware that our Malayan Tiger‚ Clouded Leopard (Roy Goh 2011)‚ Pygmy Elephant‚ Sumatran Rhino‚ Orang-Utan and Turtles are in the under-extinction animals category. Malaysian should be grateful for owning these animals in our tropical rainforest. However‚ we destroy the forest‚ hunt these
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sub-adults‚ and 77 cubs as of April 2010.[3] The Asiatic lion was first described by the Austrian zoologist Meyer under the trinomen Felis leo persicus.[4] It is one of the five big cats found in India‚ apart from Bengal tiger‚ Indian leopard‚ snow leopard and clouded leopard.[5] It formerly occurred in Persia‚ Mesopotamia‚ Baluchistan‚ from Sind in the west to Bengal in the east‚ and from Rampur and Rohilkund in the north to Nerbudda in the south. It differs from the African lion by less inflated auditory
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Topographical classification Rivers can generally be classified as either alluvial‚ bedrock‚ or some mix of the two. Alluvial rivers have channels and floodplains that are self-formed in unconsolidated or weakly consolidated sediments. They erode their banks and deposit material on bars and their floodplains. Bedrock rivers form when the river down cuts through the modern sediments and into the underlying bedrock. This occurs in regions that have experienced some kind of uplift (thereby steepening
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people were experiencing when they told or composed this story. One of the main purposes of the myth “The Magic Drum” is to explain why leopards reside on land and why turtles reside in water. The myth tells this story through a plot that has foreshadowing as well as conflict. In the beginning of the myth‚ there is a compare and contrast between the turtle and the leopard. They both live in the same town and both have two wives‚ however‚ there is some distance between the two because they live on opposite
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Habitat loss—due to destruction‚ fragmentation or degradation of habitat—is the primary threat to the survival of wildlife in the United States. When an ecosystem has been dramatically changed by human activities—such as agriculture‚ oil and gas exploration‚ commercial development or water diversion—it may no longer be able to provide the food‚ water‚ cover‚ and places to raise young. Every day there are fewer places left that wildlife can call home. There are three major kinds of habitat
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complicated process. Lampedusa ’s "The Leopard" gives a spacious perspective into this revolution and gives us insight of the state of marriage‚ religion and politics within the Sicilian society. Lampedusa exposes the life of The Leopard and how he and his people reacted to the Risorgimento. He states that many of the institutions in Italy have become empty vessels‚ used as a form of power and as a means of gaining wealth and social status. Though The Leopard did not want change‚ it had to come; Italy
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The short story “How the Leopard Got His Spots” by Rudyard Kipling starts out in a time when all animals in the High Veldt were very plain. The leopard was the most plain and blended in with the yellowish sand color of the desert the best. This enabled him to hide and kill the other animals like the zebra and giraffe with ease. There was also an Ethiopian man‚ who lived on the High Veldt with the Leopard; and the two would hunt together. Eventually the other animals realized they needed a change
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and PCs is the operating system that each runs; the most recent operating system release for Macs is Mac OS X Leopard and for PCs it is Microsoft Windows Vista. Also another difference between Macs and PCs is what parts are used and who makes them. By comparing and contrasting Macs and PCs one can become one can become more knowledgeable in the area of computers. By looking at Leopard and Vista‚ one can see many differences and similarities. To start with‚ the appearances of the
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