Belarus Endangered Species

As of August 15th, 2014, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ lists only 3 critically endangered and 6 endangered species in BELARUS, an Eastern European country located close by to recent conflicts occurring between Russia and Ukraine. The European Eel, European Mink, and Sociable Lapwing are the three critically endangered species, while endangered species in Belarus include the Przewalski's Horse (which is fortunately increasing its population), Red-Breasted Goose, Thick Shelled River Mussel, Velvet Scoter bird, Waterwheel aquatic plant (the only existing species in the Aldrovanda genus), and Yellow-Breasted Bunting. Considering Belarus occupies over 200,000 square miles of land, there of course could be unknown species with very low population sizes; this is practically the case for every country, since biologists, scientists, etc. will always discover new species!

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