*one of seven species of sea turtles found throughout the world.
Habitat: world wide in warm seas; along the coasts of Hawai`i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), unincorporated U.S. island possessions, and a small resident group in San Diego Bay, California.
They occupy three habitat types: open beaches, open sea, and feeding grounds in shallow, protected waters.
Reasons for endangerment:
-overharvest of turtles and its eggs
-habitat loss
-capture in fishing nets
-boat collisions
-fibropapillomatosis [disease]
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