Endangered Species is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Asaph Fipke, produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment and distributed internationally by DHX Media for Teletoon that premiered on the channel from March 3 to June 2, 2015 and aimed for kids ages 6âÂÂ11. 26 episodes were produced.
The series follows Pickle, an adventurous, adrenaline-junkie yellow rabbit; Merl, a cautious but smart American red squirrel, and Gull, a lovable seagull, who live together in a stump in the middle of a park. The trio find themselves in ridiculously dangerous (and always hilarious) situations whenever they try to go about their daily life.
The original idea for the series was conceived in 2010 and was centered more heavily around themes of environmentalism than the finished product. Among some other differences was that the character Merl was not present in the original draft, and the names and appearances of the other two main characters were different from the final version.
In the UK, the series used to air on CBBC, where premiered on July 13, 2015. In Australia, the series aired on ABC3, where it premiered earlier on August 22, 2014.