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Jun 27, 2022 · DONATE TODAY. 3. Gorilla. There are two species of gorillas, the Eastern gorilla and the Western gorilla, both of which are native to Africa and listed as Critically Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of NatureRed List. A combination of factors have pushed the animal to such a dire situation, including poaching, habitat loss ...
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- Black rhinos. A family of black rhinos with a calf. Photo: © IFAW/B. Hollweg.
- Gorillas. The two gorilla species, the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) and western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), are both critically endangered. Found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Rwanda, the eastern gorilla has an estimated population of 2,600.
- Elephants. An elephant walking through Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Photo: © Donal Boyd.
- Atlantic humpback dolphin. The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives along the west coast of Africa. There are only about 1,500 of these marine mammals remaining.
The black rhino is one of many of Africa’s endangered species. Black rhinos generally weigh 850-1,600 kg and in some exceptional cases, adult males can weigh close to 1,800 kg. They have two horns on their snouts the front horn is 50 cm long on average and it can grow up to 140 cm.
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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 .
Common name Scientific name Conservation status ↓ African forest elephant: Critically Endangered: Amur Leopard: Panthera pardus orientalis: Critically Endangered
Mar 25, 2021 · The African savanna elephant ( loxodonta africana) is now listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The IUCN Red List now includes 134,425 species of which 37,480 are threatened with extinction. “Africa’s elephants play key roles in ecosystems, economies and in our collective imagination all over the world.
