Endangered Species Day 2019: Map shows threatened animals across North America

A troubling United Nations report recently revealed over one million species are likely to go extinct, many within decades, if humans fail to do anything about it.

For Endangered Species Day on May 17, Esri Canada put together an interactive based on information from the Endangered Species Coalition to show where some of these animal species live in North America -- from the grey wolf, to the humpbacked whale, to the spotted owl.

View full screen version of map interactive -- Courtesy of Esri Canada

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