A Number Of Endemic Animals In Papua Are Threatened With Extinction, One Of Them Is The Kangaroo Of The Golden Mantel Tree Which Is The Maskot Of PON XX

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JAYAPURA - Lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and IPA, Cenderawasih University, Papua, admitted that a number of endemic animals in Papua are threatened with extinction. Several factors that trigger hunting and felling trees in the forest. Almost extinct animals include the golden mantle tree shady (Dundrolagus Pulcherrimus) which is the mascot of PON XX. These animals are scattered in the Northwest Torriceli Mountains of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Foja Mountains in the Northeast of Papua Province. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) or the International Union for Conservation of Nature, it is revealed that the golden mantle tree species is in a critically endangered status. Because in 2015, the animal population was only 500 and in Indonesia it had entered protected animals. Furthermore, the pig-snouting labels (testudines insculpta) or pig-snouted tortoise wood are said to be because their mouth resembles the mouth of a protected pig in the Lorentz National Park with the spread of the Timika, Asmat, Mappi, Boven Digul, Yahukimo, and Merauke regions and their status has been threatened with extinction since the last 30 years due to illegal hunting, these animals have also been found in PNG and Australia. The speckled carpet shark (Heriscyllium Freycineti) is an endemic animal of the Land of Papua found in Raja Ampat, West Papua Province Dayan and its body resembles a brown carpet with black spots throughout its body, the Head of the Single Gelambir Association (Casuarius unappendiculus) is one of the types of large birds that cannot fly endemicly Papuans living in Yapen, Batanta and Salawati, Southwest Papua and are included in the red list of IUCNs with a population of about 10,000 heads. Kasuari Kerdil which has a height of about 1 meter with a weight of about 26 kg spread across Seram Island, Yapen Island, and New England, Mambruk Bird consists of three species of Goura Scheepmakeri with gray blue colors with guava such as blue laces with red eye slices and dark maroon red chest hair only found in Fanamo Village, East Mimika District, Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Goura Victoria with gray blue hair, fan-like latrines, with white end, purplish red chest, and gray half, red feet, with gray thick lines on the wings and tail tips, around the eyes there are masks with red slices scattered in Papua including Yapen and Biak as well as small islands around them. Victorian Mambruk bird status is currently threatened with extinction and is conserved at Foja Mamberamo, and Goura Crista has gray blue fur, a crown like lace and blue is scattered west of Papua. "The status of the embruk bird is vulnerable (vulnerable) and is included in the red list of IUCN and has been included in the list of protected fauna with PP No. 7 of 1999," explained Mikhawia. He added that the cendrawasih bird or bird of paradise which has 30 species was 28 of them found in Papua and all of its species are protected in Law No. 5 1990. Bird Winged Butterfly (Ornithoptera) was discovered in northern Australia, the eastern part of the Weber line namely Maluku and New Guinea and Solomon Islands and of the 12 species in the world, in Papua there are seven species, namely male ornithoptera, meridionalist ornithopter, ornithoptera tithonus, ornithoptera rothschildi, ornithoptera chimaera, ornithoptera goliath and ornithoptera paradisea.

"The spread of the bird's wing butterfly is widespread throughout the big mainland of the island of New Guinea including the Land of Papua, Maluku and Australia," explained Khawawia while hoping that protection of animals would be encouraged to avoid extinction.