Burma (Myanmar) Endangered Species

As of December 8th, 2014, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for BURMA lists 36 critically endangered species and 77 endangered species. Ten of the critically endangered species include the Arakan Forest Turtle, Chinese Pangolin, Gharial crocodile, Irrawaddy River Shark, Pink-Headed Duck, Sumatran Rhinoceros, Sunda Pangolin, Sunda Pangolin, White-Bellied Heron, and Gabbia alticola snail.

To demonstrate the limited range of some of these species, Gabbia alticola snails are believed to only live in Inlé Lake in central Burma, and its range is only 50 square kilometers. The area of the lake decreased by about 22 square kilometers since 75 years ago, and this could present problems for the snail populations.

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