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In a milestone decision in 2013, CITES prohibited international trade in the fins of the scalloped hammerhead (pictured) and four other shark species. [5] Shark species are increasingly becoming threatened because of commercial and recreational fishing pressures, the impact of non-shark fisheries on the seabed and shark prey species, and other ...
The tiger shark is a member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the most species-rich order of sharks, with more than 270 species also including the small catsharks and hammerhead sharks. [4] Members of this order are characterized by the presence of a nictitating membrane over the eyes, two dorsal fins, an anal fin , and five gill slits.
Russ Mittermeier, chief of Swiss-based IUCN's Primate Specialist Group, stated that 16,306 species are endangered with extinction, 188 more than in 2006 (total of 41,415 species on the Red List). The Red List includes the Sumatran orangutan ( Pongo abelii ) in the Critically Endangered category and the Bornean orangutan ( Pongo pygmaeus ) in ...
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 (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]
The Siberian tiger is an endangered tiger subspecies. Three tiger subspecies are extinct (see List of carnivorans by population). [2] The IUCN Red List is a list of species which have been assessed according to a system of assigning a global conservation status. According to the latest system used by the IUCN, a species can be "Data Deficient ...
The list sometimes overlaps with the species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, such as in the case of the North Atlantic right whale. More than 42,000 of the species on the red list ...
Only a single species, G. cuvier, the tiger shark, is extant. [1] The earliest fossils date back to the early Eocene epoch, ( Ypresian ), around 56–47.8 Million years ago. [ 2 ] While historically considered a member of the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae , it is currently considered to be the only member of the family Galeocerdonidae . [ 3 ]
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