Endangered Species
                  
   Chinese alligator


                  Limited to a  small  stretch of the  Yangteze  River  and  
                  a few tributaries, this is perhaps the most endangered         
                  member of  the  alligator  family. 
                  As few as 300 might be all that remain in the wild.

                
Threats: Habitat loss due to development, before   that 
                  poachers   went after their skins and other body parts.            

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