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=Endangered Species in the Evergreen Coniferous Forest=

Siberian Crane J1]

 * ~ Identification || Adult forehead, face, and sides of the head do not have feathers and are brick-red in color. Their plumage is white except for the primaries, which are black. Eye color is reddish or pale yellow and legs and toes are pink. Males and females are indistinguishable, although males tend to be slightly larger in size and females tend to have shorter beaks than males. ||
 * ~ Habitat || They mainly live in bogs, marshes, and other wetland types in the taiga and tundra. ||
 * ~ Diet || Siberian Cranes are omnivores. On the breeding grounds in spring, they eat cranberries, rodents, fish and insects. They like to dig in wet soils. On migration and on the wintering grounds, they excavate nutrient rich roots and tubers from wetlands. They are mainly vegetarian outside their breeding season. ||
 * ~ Range || Siberian Cranes are now only found in two populations, the eastern and western. All but a few existing birds belong to the eastern population, which breed in northeastern Siberia and winter along the middle Yangtze River in China. The western population winters at a single site along the south coast of the Caspian Sea and breeds just south of the Ob River east of the Ural Mountains in Russia. ||
 * ~ Threats || The Siberian Crane is under pressure from human population growth and urbanization. Some things that affect it are: agriculture, oil exploration, hunting, and wetland drainage. The western population is affected mainly by hunting and the eastern one is mainly affected by wetland drainage. ||

==Whooping Crane J2]==
 * ~ Identification || Whooping cranes are mostly white. The body and wing feathers are white, except on the tips of the outer wings, which are black. The most noticeable characteristic of the whooping crane is the large red patch on the head. The red patch extends from the cheek, along the bill and over the top of the head, and it is made of skin and is almost featherless. Whooping cranes have yellow eyes and thin, black legs. ||
 * ~ Habitat || Whooping Cranes live in wetlands, marshes, mudflats, prairies, and fields. ||
 * ~ Diet || Whooping cranes are omnivores. They mainly eat crustaceans, small fish, insects, amphibians and reptiles. They’ll also eat grains, marsh plants and acorns. ||
 * ~ Range || Whooping cranes used to live in the Upper Midwest and northwestern Canada and migrated south to the Gulf Coast during winter. Today, there are 3 populations of Whooping Cranes. The largest flock is the only natural flock. It winters in Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas and breeds in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. There is another flock in the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin, but this one is not natural. The last flock is in Florida, but does not migrate. ||
 * ~ Threats || The Whooping Crane is in danger of habitat destruction and excessive hunting. They are also in danger of overexploitation. ||

Woodland Caribou[[image:http://www.bvconservation.org/images/woodlandcaribou2.jpg width="317" height="249" align="right" caption="This is a Woodland Caribou. [J8]"]]
The species is adapted to an ecosystem in which forest fires are the main type of disturbance. However, human disturbances such as forest harvesting and road networks fragment woodland caribou habitat, creating open areas and extensive young forests that attract species such as moose and deer, which in turn attract increased numbers of predators. Hunting, poaching, disease, climate change, and parasites also affect the caribou. J7] ||
 * ~ Identification || The caribou is a member of the deer family. It has brown shaggy fur and a white neck, rump, and belly. In some areas, the caribou can be almost entirely white. The caribou has a long snout; a short tail; and long legs with large, round hooves. The caribou is the only deer species in which both the male and female have antlers. The male's antlers are large and branch out, while the female's antlers are smaller and straighter. J6] ||
 * ~ Habitat || Woodland Caribou live in the tundra and the taiga. J6] ||
 * ~ Diet || Woodland Caribou mainly eat ground and tree lichens. They also eat shrubs, grasses, and willows. J5] ||
 * ~ Range || Historically, woodland caribou lived in the forests of the Northern United States from Maine to Washington State, but have been reduced to one small herd in the Selkirk Mountains of northern Idaho, eastern Washington and southern British Columbia. This last herd has approximately 40 members that tend to stay mostly in the Canadian part of its range. J5] ||
 * ~ Threats || The main threat to woodland caribou is habitat deterioration, either from fragmentation, degradation or loss. Habitat fragmentation can also contribute to an increase in predation.

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