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The jaguar is threatened by habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, poaching for trade with its body parts and killings in human–wildlife conflict situations, particularly with ranchers in Central and South America. It has been listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List since 2002. The wild population is thought to have declined since the ...
The Gulf Coast jaguarundi is an endangered population of the jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) once ranging from southern Texas in the United States to eastern Mexico. . The cat prefers dense shrubland and woodland, yet has been hampered by habitat l
Endangered species by reason(s) they are (or were) threatened — the cause(s) for species being endangered in their native habitats.; This is primarily a sub-category for IUCN Red List species by the external threat(s) stated in IUCN reports for each listed species (hyperlinked under 'References' &/or 'External links' on most wikipedia articles when species are on IUCN Red List).
Threatened species are animals and plants that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Identifying, protecting, and restoring endangered and threatened species and subspecies are the primary objectives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program. [1]
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
The jaguar is the largest felid in Nicaragua. ... are currently listed by the IUCN as threatened. ... All of these are endangered or critically endangered species, ...
The largest part (48%) of the jaguar's geographical distribution, which extends from northern Argentina to the southwestern United States, lies within Brazil. [2] However, although nationally considered endangered, until the foundation of the JCF few programs focusing on conservation of the species existed.
The members of the Panthera genus are classified as some level of threatened by the IUCN Red List: the lion, [28] leopard [5] and snow leopard [29] are categorized as Vulnerable; the tiger is listed as Endangered; [30] and the jaguar is listed as Near Threatened. [31] Cheetahs are also classified as Vulnerable, [32] and the cougar is of Least ...