What endangered species are native to New Zealand?

Answer 1

New Zealand has many endangered species.Introduced animals such as rats, rabbits, possums, weasels, stoats and ferrets have devastated our our natural wildlife populations through predation, destruction of habitat and competition for food. Our flightless birds such as the kiwi, kakapo and takahe have proven particularly vulnerable. the Tuatara, a ground dwelling lizard known as a 'living fossil' because it has remained relatively unchanged since the time of dinosaurs is also threatened. Many of our endangered species can only be found on isolated off-shore islands that have been cleared of these introduced species.

Answer 2

There are many, many New Zealand animals, birds and reptiles which are endangered. The list includes the kiwi, tuatara, kakapo, kokako and takahe. However, for a fuller listing, look at the following: http://www.kcc.org.nz/species/threatened/animals.asp and http://www.kcc.org.nz/species/threatened/birds.asp

Answer 3

Some edangered NZ bird species:

Black Robin (Petrica traversi),

Black Stilt (Himantopus novozealandiae),

Brown kiwi (Apteryx australis),

Great Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx haasti),

kakapo(Strigops habroptilus),

Kokako (Callaeas cinerea),

Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx oweni)'

Saddleback (Philestrurnus carunculatus),

Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta),

Takahe (Notornis mantelli),

Some other endangered species;

Archey's Frog (Leiopelma archeyi),

Duvauncel's Gecko (Hoplodactylus duvauceli),

Giant Weta (Gymnoplectron gigantea),

Grand Skink (Oligosoma grande),

Hamilton's Frog (Leiopelma hamiltoni),

Hector's Dolphin (Cephalarhyncus hectori),

Hochstetter's Frog (Leiopelma hochstetteri),

Maui's Dolphin (Cephalarhyncus hectori maui),

Otago Skink (Oligsoma otagense),

Short-tailed Bat (Mystacina tuberculata),

Tuatara (sphenodon punctatus),

Answer 4

New Zealand is one of the safest countries in terms of dangerous animals. New Zealand's only native venomous creature is a spider - the Katipo Spider. Two venomous Spiders have been introduced from Australia: these are the white-tailed spider and the Redback spider.

Answer 5

New Zealand has a relative of the spider elsewhere known as black widow (USA) or redback (Australia). Here t is called the katipo. It seldom cause trouble. Recent introductions from Australia are the white tail spider and the redback, both from Aus.

There used to be a giant eagle, that was the largest bird ever to have flown, about 12 kg and with a wingspan of up to 4m or so! This did carry off babies of the Maori, but it has been extinct for a few hundred years.

Otherwise, Sea Lions are not to be messed with, though their speed on land is small. The female leopard seal can propel herself faster than you can walk, but not as fast as you can run. And there are the usual sharks and octopus in the ocean. And farm beef cattle are worth giving a wide berth.

Answer 6

Yes. However, there are five species of kiwi, and currently two of them are classified as endangered. The Okarito Kiwi, or Rowi (Apteryx rowi) is critically endangered and the brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) is endangered.

Answer 7

The Kiwi is New Zealands most endangered animal along with the Kakapo bird. Both birds cannot fly. However only the Kiwi Bird in nocturnal

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Answer 8

the kakapo, it is a fightless perrot.

Answer 9

the kiwi