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- Javan Rhino
Javan rhinos are the most threatened of the five rhino...
- Whale Shark
Divers photograph the animal right above their pectoral fins...
- Hector's Dolphin
There is a subspecies of Hector’s dolphin known as Maui’s...
- Amur Leopard
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- Red Panda
WWF monitors red pandas and their habitat across India,...
- Sunda Tiger
Sunda tigers are the smallest surviving tiger subspecies....
- 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
WWF works to secure a future for Sumatran rhinos and their...
- 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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Species are categorized by the degree to which their survival in the wild is threatened. This list presents only a fraction of the species at risk of extinction today and does not include tens of thousands of species whose status we do not yet know. Species listed here range from the largest animal on Earth, the blue whale, to the majestic ...
African rhinos (white and black) Asian rhinos (greater one-horned, Javan, Sumatran) Great apes. African great apes (chimpanzee, gorilla (Eastern & Western), bonobo) Orang-utans (Bornean and Sumatran) Cetaceans. 20 marine and 6 freshwater species are listed. See here for a full list of current Cetaceans priority species.
Nov 10, 2011 · The latest update of the world's list of threatened animals and plant species, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals mixed fortunes for many species. The revised list finds that an alarming 40% of Madagascar's terrestrial reptiles are threatened.
The IUCN maintains the red list, which lists 16,118 endangered species. What does Endangered mean? Officially, threatened species are those listed as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU). Practically this means: Critically Endangered (CR): A species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
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