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- Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered species are considered to be threatened with extinction.
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- Javan Rhino
The population in Ujung Kulon National Park represents the...
- Whale Shark
Demand for their meat, fins and oil remains a threat to the...
- Hector's Dolphin
Living close to shore is a problem for the dolphins....
- Amur Leopard
With such a small population left, the loss of each Amur...
- Red Panda
Map data provided by IUCN. The red panda is slightly larger...
- Sunda Tiger
The island of Sumatra is the only place where tigers,...
- 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
The Sumatran rhino once roamed as far away as the foothills...
- 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.
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 .
An endangered species is a type of organism that is threatened by extinction. Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation. Loss of Habitat. A loss of habitat can happen naturally. Nonavian dinosaurs, for instance, lost their habitat about 65 million years ago.
Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered species are considered to be threatened with extinction. The IUCN Red List will be updated with thousands of new species assessments and reassessments on Monday 11 December 2023. Red List partners and support.
Jan 13, 2021 · January 13, 2021. 10 min read. What We’ve Lost: The Species Declared Extinct in 2020. Dozens of frogs, fish, orchids and other species—many unseen for decades—may no longer exist because of...
Jan 23, 2019 · In 1973, the U.S. Congress passed the Endangered Species Act to try to prevent species from becoming extinct. The law classifies plants and animals as endangered if they’re at risk of extinction ...
