The bar chart illustrates the primary factors leading to the extinction of animals as presented in a recent study, which are habitat loss, climate change, overexploitation, pollution, invasive speicies.
Overall, the primary factor for animals becoming extinct is habitat destruction. other reasons such as invasive species and pollution are cited as to a lesser extent.
Looking deeper, habitat destruction is the most critical factor and contributes to 40% of the extinctions. This is often the result of deforestation as well as the destruction of natural landscapes. Climate change ranks as the second most significant cause, accounting for 25%. The extreme weather coupled with the rising temperatures make it difficult for certain species to thrive.
Following this, overexploitation comes in third with 15%. Basically this refers to excessive hunting of the species. The remaining two, pollution and invasive species both account for 10% each. Pollution in general, harms the environment, while invasive species are from other countries and try to dominate the local species.
In conclusion, a significant loss of natural habitats coupled with climate change are primary factors of disappearance for animal species. other factors do exist, albeit their impact is much lesser in comparison.