Investigating Endangered and Threatened SpeciesAn endangered species is one that is throug...

Investigating Endangered and Threatened Species

An endangered species is one that is throughout all or a major part of its habitat. A threatened species is one that may become endangered. The Division of Endangered Species at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service keeps close tabs on the state of threatened and endangered wildlife in the United States and around the world. The table below was compiled from 2013 data in the Division of Endangered Species’ box score. The “Total Species” column gives the total number of endangered and threatened species for each group.

Add the exact numbers of endangered animal species to find the exact Animal Total and record it in the table in the Endangered Species column. Add the exact numbers of endangered plant species to find the Plant Total and record it in the table in the Endangered Species column. Then find the total number of endangered species (animals and plants combined) and record this number in the table as the Grand Total in the Endangered species column.