# Endangered & Extinct Species

Understand why some animal species become endangered or go extinct — habitat destruction, hunting/poaching, pollution, climate change, and invasive species — and know examples like the giant panda, mountain gorilla, Amur leopard, and the now-extinct dodo and thylacine, using the IUCN Red List as the system scientists use to track threatened species

Builds on: Climate Change Basics (soft, https://ai.page/c/climate-change-basics/en.md), Rainforest Animals (soft, https://ai.page/c/rainforest-animals/en.md), Structural Adaptations (hard, https://ai.page/c/structural-adaptations/en.md), Animals Everywhere (hard, https://ai.page/c/animals-everywhere/en.md), Changing Environments (soft, https://ai.page/c/changing-environments/en.md)

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