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Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction

FILE - This undated file photo provided Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 by IUCN,  International Union for Conservation of Nature, shows a Varanus mabitang. The monitor lizard is one of the species that could soon disappear in the wild, IUCN said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Switzerland-based IUCN surveyed a total of 47,677 animals and plants for this year's 'Red List' of endangered species and determined that 17,291 of them are threatened with extinction. (AP Photo/IUCN, Tim Laman)AP - A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday.


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