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- Javan Rhino
Javan rhinos are the most threatened of the five rhino...
- Whale Shark
Demand for their meat, fins and oil remains a threat to the...
- Hector's Dolphin
Hector’s dolphins are the smallest and rarest marine...
- Amur Leopard
Of all the leopards, the Amur leopard is the most critically...
- Red Panda
Learn about the ways WWF works to protect endangered...
- Sunda Tiger
The greatest threats to this critically endangered animal,...
- Indian Elephant
Indian elephants may spend up to 19 hours a day feeding and...
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- Sumatran Elephant
Sumatran elephants feed on a variety of plants and deposit...
- Sumatran Rhino
Sumatran rhinos compete with the Javan rhino for the...
- Javan Rhino
- Javan Rhinos. Once found throughout south-east Asia, Javan rhinos have suffered a staggering decline in their numbers due to hunting and habitat loss.
- Amur Leopard. The Amur leopard is one of the rarest big cats in the world, with only around 100 individuals left in the wild. Although their wild population seems to be stable and increasing, these leopard subspecies are still critically endangered since 1996.
- Sunda Island Tiger. The Sunda Island tiger, or the Sumatran tiger, is the smallest tiger subspecies in the world, weighing up to 140kg. For reference, the tigers that live in the Amur region are the biggest of all the big cats where males can weigh up to twice as much as Sunda Island tigers.
- Mountain Gorillas. The Mountain gorilla is a subspecies of the eastern gorilla, which lives in two isolated populations in the high-altitude forests up in the volcanic, mountainous regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, and in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park of Uganda.
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Silky sifaka ( Propithecus candidus ), fewer than 1,000 still alive. The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission ...
SpeciesCommon NameTypeImageBaishan firPlant ( Tree )Baishanzu Mountain, Zhejiang, ChinaLeaf scaled sea-snakeReptileAshmore Reef and Hibernia Reef, Timor ...Amani flatwingInsect (damselfly)Amani-Sigi Forest, Usamabara Mountains, ...Araripe manakinBirdChapado do Araripe, South Ceará, Brazil- Rhinos. Are rhinos endangered? Some but not all rhino species are endangered. Black rhinos, Javan rhinos, Northern white rhinos (a subspecies of white rhinos), and Sumatran rhinos are critically endangered.
- Amur leopards. How many Amur leopards are left? There are around 100 Amur leopards currently remaining, most of which live in the Russian Land of the Leopard protected area.
- Orangutans. Why is the orangutan endangered? All three species of orangutan—the Sumatran orangutan, the Bornean orangutan, and the Tapanuli orangutan—are critically endangered.
- Gorillas. How many gorillas are left? There are two species of gorillas, both which are critically endangered—the eastern gorilla and western gorilla. There are estimated to be only 2,600 eastern gorillas remaining in East Africa, and while the number of western gorillas is unknown, their population is reported to be decreasing.
The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. It divides species into nine categories: Not Evaluated, Data Deficient, Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild and Extinct .
May 14, 2020 · 50 of the most endangered species in the world. Climate change, overfishing, poaching and deforestation are just some of the man-made issues that have led many species to the brink of extinction.
Only groups containing at least 150 species are shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. The proportion of extant (i.e., excluding Extinct) species in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1 assessed in each category for the more comprehensively assessed (i.e., at least 80% of the group has been assessed) groups containing ≥150 species.
