While we've seen other White Rhinos like Keyah, but this is actually a different animal: a subspecies, the Northern White Rhino. There are actually only eight known remaining Northern White Rhinoceroses (all in captivity) with two living at the San Diego Zoo and six at a zoo in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic. This twosome, Fatu and Nabiro, will be transferred to a Kenyan reserve in attempts to ensure the survival of the species.
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Can you name that creature? (Hint: It's not a hamster.) Even though Dennis is a captive-bred mammal, learn all about The Great Nut Hunt to bring his other endangered pals out of hiding in this slideshow.
In an annual "health check for the planet", the International Union for Conservation of Nature has released its list of the most threatened animals on earth. The scary news? Twenty-five percent of all mammals are on the verge of extinction. That's a big number to swallow, considering there are over 44,000 animals on the Red List this year.
Check out my slideshow of just a few of the animals that are critically endangered, but also check out Conservation International's website with an educational countdown clock showing us animals that are pushed to extinction every nine to 44 minutes. It's scary stuff, but it really makes you realize how delicate the balance is between safe . . . and extinct.
Sing it with me: Baaaa-by Be-luuuuga. Am the only one getting flashbacks to childhood whenever I see pictures of Beluga Whales? Anyway, the endangered mammals are best recognized by their distinctive white color and large foreheads (forget "fivehead" . . . more like twenty-fivehead). Prominent noggins or not, they are pretty cute . . . especially when blowing bubbles. Check it out in the video below!
Look at those ears all big and absolutely adoro! Turns out Grevy's Zebras are not only the largest species, they're also known for their narrow stripes and round lobes. 
Meet lil Florence, the new foal born in Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo. Her birth is especially noteworthy, not just 'cause she's a baby animal (my fave!), but because this is one of the endangered zebras with fewer than 2,000 remaining in the wild.
No two zebra stripe sets are the same, so check out her pretty pattern close up compared to her mama, Emily, when you read more
Even though the lil guy (or girl?) is just a half-ounce and one-and-a-half-inches long, it'll eventually grow to be closer to seven inches and two pounds. This Chinese box turtle was born at the Bristol Zoo on August 12, and can live to be over 50 years old!
As happy as I am to see this newborn, unfortunately these turtles are endangered in the wild because they've been hunted for their meat or for medicinal purposes for too many years – good thing this one's safe! I think it's so adoro (says the sucker for all baby animals) so check out more pictures below.
Even though this animal is scarcely the size of a mouse, it can leap up to 10 feet in a single bound! In addition to its mad hops, the nocturnal mammal has adorable, ginormous ears and a very long tail to balance them out. Jerboas eat plants, seeds, and insects and are found mostly in desert climates . . . when they are found at all. This unusual mammal was recently caught on camera for what scientists believe is the very first time in China's Gobi Desert. Not only are they super speedy, they typically burrow underground to rest during the day, and are members of the IUCN Red List of threatened species – all likely reasons why it's so special to finally catch a glimpse of these tiny creatures.
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