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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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BaijiEducational resources on BaijiBaiji or Lipotes vexillifer is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to A1bc, C2b, D. IUCN Profile of the Baiji In Search of the Baiji Nanjing. In Nanjing, we spoke with Dr. Zhou Kaiya, a Professor of Zoology in the Department of Biology at Nanjing Normal University. He is perhaps the most experienced of spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/baiji/baiji02.html ADW: Lipotes vexillifer: Information Lipotes vexillifer, also known by the common name baiji, is found in China in the mouth of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) to a point about 1900 km up the river, as well as in the middle animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lipotes_vexillifer.html In Search of the Baiji Update 2006: The baiji is the first cetacean to become extinct in modern times, as well as the first large mammal driven to extinction primarily by human destruction spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/baiji In Search of the Baiji Bibliography. Here are references to sources of information about China and the baiji. If anyone out there knows of any other good books or web sites about China, we'd spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/baiji/baiji11.html ASK Archive 2003: Baiji River Dolphin extinction Hi. I'm wondering about the bajij Dolphin and there where abouts of the decline in the population.Can you please provide me with some information whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask03/0170.html In Search of the Baiji Public Awareness of the Baiji. In addition to learning about the baiji from the scientists who study them, we were interested in learning what level of awareness the average spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/baiji/baiji06.html for spider: static text only Baiji may still enter some of these lakes during periods of intense flooding. Ecology and Behavior: Habitat: River. Groups of two to six baiji are most commonly seen, but aggregations seamap.env.duke.edu/species/tsn/180409 In Search of the Baiji Tongling. Tongling is a small city on the shore of the Yangtze River about halfway between Nanjing and Wuhan. Tongling's main industry is copper mining, and it is the site spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/baiji/baiji03.html In Search of the Baiji Wuhan and Qi Qi the Baiji. We were quite eager to visit Wuhan for several reasons. First and foremost, the world's only captive specimen of the baiji, “Qi Qi,� is housed spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/baiji/baiji04.html In Search of the Baiji Conclusions. Unfortunately, our main conclusion is a sad one: it seems inevitable that the baiji will become extinct soon (see Update 2006). spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/hoard/baiji/baiji10.html
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