What makes them prone to extinction?
The Giant Panda is native to south central China, and originally lives in the mountain ranges of Sichuan province. Pandas are territorial and apart from breeding season maintain their own space so they require large areas in which to live. Also pandas usually only have one offspring at a time and the mother has to take care of the baby for 18-24 months, and needs a 2 year break in-between. Thus each female panda cannot reproduce enough to quickly increase the population, which is estimated at around 2500.
Factors that lead to extinction:
Now their natural habitat is suffering from deforestation due to human activity and their wild populations are in decline. Also pandas do not like to breed once they are in captivity so there aren't that many pandas in human hands either.
White Flag Dolphin
What makes them prone to extinction?
This type of dolphin is the rarest in the world, only found in the Yangtze river in China. Dating back 20 million years, this type of dolphin has been described as a living fossil. They are so prone to extinction mainly due to their dependance on their habitat. They have nowhere to go and can only live on a 800 km stretch of the river which means that their lives are very much tied to the state of the river.
Factors that lead to extinction:
The White Flag Dolphin is now critically endangered and even possibly extinct due to the habitat loss from dams and the pollution caused by heavy human activity. Attempts were made to save the species as early as the 1980s however it has now been 8 years since the last confirmed sighting.
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