<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Its Nature&#187; Moderately Endangered</title> <atom:link href="http://www.itsnature.org/category/endangered/moderately/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.itsnature.org</link> <description>Its nature offers you interesting information and facts on the natural world</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:49:44 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Bush Dog</title><link>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/bush-dog/</link> <comments>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/bush-dog/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:42:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Overkirils</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Moderately Endangered]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itsnature.org/?p=4377</guid> <description><![CDATA[The South American Bush Dog has adapted to living in a variety of environmental types. 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[...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/siberian-tiger/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Mink</title><link>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/european-mink/</link> <comments>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/european-mink/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:03:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Overkirils</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Moderately Endangered]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itsnature.org/?p=3022</guid> <description><![CDATA[The European Mink is a member of the Mustelidae family and is a close relative to the American Mink. They are remarkably similar in both appearance and behavior, because the European Mink entered Europe and the two species are believed to have diverged only during the past ten thousand years. 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[...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/bowhead-whale/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Argali</title><link>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/argali/</link> <comments>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/moderately/argali/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:41:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Overkirils</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Moderately Endangered]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itsnature.org/?p=2846</guid> <description><![CDATA[Argali, also called the mountain sheep, just as the name suggests, is a sheep that lives  in mountain areas of Central Asia. They are the largest and probably most impressive sheep,  especially the males that are decorated by massive horns and ruff of white hair around the neck. 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[...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/amami-rabbit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Monito del monte</title><link>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/monito-del-monte/</link> <comments>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/monito-del-monte/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:01:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Moderately Endangered]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itsnature.org/?p=1924</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Monito del monte or otherwise known as the &#8216;mountain monkey&#8217; is actually not a monkey at all but rather a small, mouse sized marsupial. This unique marsupial is widely regarded as a &#8216;living fossil&#8217; be scientists as it is the last of an evolutionarily extinct family line. 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This unique mammal shares common ancestors with horses and rhinos but resembles the ancestors more than today&#8217;s hippos and horses. Baird&#8217;s tapir is currently classed as endangered due to threat from hunters and habitat loss, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/bairds-tapir/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Northern marsupial mole</title><link>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/northern-marsupial-mole/</link> <comments>http://www.itsnature.org/endangered/northern-marsupial-mole/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:48:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Moderately Endangered]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itsnature.org/?p=1798</guid> <description><![CDATA[The marsupial moles are small marsupials found in western Australia. Despite the name the marsupial moles are actually not moles at all and are much more closely related to other marsupial species that are native to Australia. 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