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The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys . The species has a global distribution that is largely limited to tropical and subtropical marine and estuary ecosystems.
The hawksbill turtle or honu'ea (Eretmochelys imbricata), is a federally listed endangered species and is the rarest sea turtle in the Pacific Ocean. Researchers estimate there are fewer than 80 nesting hawksbill turtles in the Hawaiian islands, of which 67 nest on the island of Hawaiʻi.
Green Sea Turtle grazing seagrass. Green Turtles, named for its green, fatty underside and cartilage, are significantly larger than the Hawksbill and can be recognized by a single pair of prefrontal scales . [7] Green turtles average 3-4 feet in carapace length, and weigh between 240 and 420 pounds once fully grown. [8]
Extinct in the wild: ... Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) CR; Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) VU; Softshell turtles.
26 to 43 are extinct or extinct in the wild: 24 extinct (EX) species [d] ... Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Atlantic ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys ...
The hawksbill is one of only three sea turtle species listed as Critically Endangered (CR) on the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. In the eastern Pacific Ocean, the species is extremely rare and as recently as 2007 most researchers thought hawksbills had been completely eliminated in this region of the world.
Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) VU; Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) EN (Hawaiian subpopulation: LC; Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) CR; Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) CR; Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) VU; Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle)
More locally, other human activities are affecting marine turtles. In Australia, Queensland's shark culling program, which uses shark nets and drum lines, has killed over 5,000 turtles as bycatch between 1962 and 2015; including 719 loggerhead turtles and 33 hawksbill sea turtles, which are listed as critically endangered. [161]