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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 205. Chapters: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species (Animalia), Kakapo, Iriomote cat, Northern Bald Ibis, IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species (Plantae), Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Leatherback sea turtle, Sumatran rhinoceros, Silky sifaka, Murray cod, Mountain gorilla, Bog turtle, Hawksbill sea turtle, California Condor, Blue Iguana, Javan rhinoceros, Baiji, Tamaraw, Philippine Eagle, Red wolf, Asiatic Cheetah, Nepenthes aristolochioides, Puerto Rican Amazon, Amaranthus brownii, Hawaiian monk seal, White-rumped Vulture, Bongo (antelope), Gharial, European mink, Nepenthes dubia, Urrao Antpitta, Amur leopard, Pink-headed Duck, Great Indian Bustard, Siamese crocodile, Black rhinoceros, Southern bluefin tuna, Siberian Crane, Nepenthes macrophylla, Ecnomiohyla rabborum, Mediterranean monk seal, Island fox, Golden White-eye, Squatina squatina, Grenada Dove, Wollemia. Excerpt: On 29 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 1859 critically endangered species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and subpopulations in the Animalia kingdom. The Kakapo (M ori: k k p, meaning night parrot), Strigops habroptila (Gray, 1845), also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground dwelling parrot of the super-family Strigopoidea endemic to New Zealand.. It has finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a distinct facial disc of sensory, vibrissa-like feathers, a large grey beak, short legs, large feet, and wings and a tail of relatively short length. A certain combination of traits makes it unique among its kind-it is the world's only flightless parrot, the heaviest parrot, nocturnal, herbivorous, visibly sexually dimorphic in body size, has a low basal metabolic rate, no male parental care, and is the only parrot to have a polygynous lek breeding system. It is also possibly one of the...
