[Animals] New endangered species announced

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According to the latest update of the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN, for its acronym in English), which for more than 50 years has been carrying out the respective classification, the island's bat Christmas in Australia is extinct. On the other hand, five species of ash in the United States and the African antelope are in danger of extinction; in addition, a dramatic decline in endemic grasshoppers and millipedes of Madagascar was announced, as well as the gold-spotted marsupial frog, which is located in Colombia.

Also the nocturnal monkey or musmuki species from Brazil and Peru, came to be considered by conservationists as a species of "least concern" to "vulnerable". Which means that it is threatened with extinction.

This document includes 87,967 species, of which 25,062 are in danger of extinction. To be considered this way, a species must have fewer than 2,500 individuals that have declined by 20% from the last two generations.

Those species that we thought were abundant and safe - such as antelopes in Africa or ash trees in the United States - are now in imminent danger of extinction. And although conservation measures work, the preservation of the forests, savannas and other ecosystems that we depend on for our survival and development is not given sufficient priority for funding, described Inger Andersen, IUCN Directorate General in giving to know the report of last Thursday.

According to this organization, our planet needs urgent actions on a global scale, based on data from the Red List, to ensure the survival of species and a sustainable future.

Reasons for his disappearance
The most dramatic case is that of the Christmas Island bat (Pipistrellus murrayi). The po[CENSORED]tion of this species declined rapidly, from being common and widespread in the 1980s to four to twenty animals in January 2009. Only one individual remained in August 2009, and it disappeared at the end of that month. Since then, there has been no trace of this bat, despite extensive searches on the island.

The reasons for the decline are unclear, but it may have been a combination of increased predation by introduced species, the impact of the invasive yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) on its habitat and on its prey invertebrate species, or a unknown disease.

On the other hand, despite the fact that the majority of antelope species remain unchanged, poaching, habitat degradation and competition with domestic livestock, use to their decrease. Even four of the species were previously evaluated as of Least Concern, which gives us an idea of the problem.

This decline reflects a downward trend for large African mammals that compete with the growing human po[CENSORED]tion for space and resources.

LINK https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Anuncian-nuevas-especies-en-peligro-de-extincion-20170917-0034.html