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Examples: Great white shark, Giant panda, Socotra dragon tree, Harpy eagle. Endangered (EN): faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. Examples: Blue whale, Black-footed ferret, Ginkgo, Coastal redwood. Critically Endangered (CR): faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. . Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmenta
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 ...
Let the animal kingdom celebrate, the giant panda has downgraded from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable' species. The giant panda is no longer listed as an endangered species Skip to main content
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. [1] As of December 2023, of the 157,190 species currently on the IUCN Red List, 9,760 of those are listed as critically endangered ...
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 ]
Animals (kingdom Animalia) — IUCN Red List critically endangered species (Animalia) Amphibians — List of critically endangered amphibians; Birds — List of critically endangered birds; Fish — List of critically endangered fishes; Invertebrates — List of critically endangered invertebrates. Arthropods — List of critically endangered ...
Image credits: an1malpulse #5. Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise.