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Silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus), fewer than 1,000 still alive. 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 ...
Near threatened (NT): 345 species. Least concern (LC): 3,306 species. Data deficient (DD): 872 species. Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1) 5850 extant species have been evaluated. 4978 of those are fully assessed [a] 3651 are not threatened at present [b] 1244 to 2116 are threatened [c] 81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene. List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene. List of European species extinct in the Holocene. List of extinct animals of the British Isles. List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene. List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene.
As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 40 animal species as extinct in the wild. [1] That is approximately 0.04% of all evaluated animal species. The IUCN also lists five animal subspecies as extinct in the wild. This is a complete list of wild animal species and subspecies listed as extinct by the IUCN.
Franklinia alatamaha (last seen in 1803, listed extinct in the wild since 1998) [13] Golden skiffia (listed extinct in the wild since 1996) [14] Guam kingfisher (listed extinct in the wild since 1986) [15] Hawaiian crow or ʻalalā (last seen in 2002, listed as extinct in the wild since 2004) [16] Small groups have since been released in 2017 ...
Rodrigues giant day gecko (Phelsuma gigas) Tonga ground skink (Tachygyia microlepis) Eastwood's long-tailed seps (Tetradactylus eastwoodae) Possibly extinct species. Culebra Island giant anole (Anolis roosevelti) Lesser Saint Croix skink (Capitellum parvicruzae) San Cristobal galliwasp (Celestus anelpistus)
Version 2014.2 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 77 (40 animal, 37 plant) extinct in the wild species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and subpopulations. For IUCN lists of extinct in the wild species by kingdom, see: Animals (kingdom Animalia) — IUCN Red List extinct in the wild species (Animalia)
Titanoboa (/ ˌtaɪtənəˈboʊə /; lit. 'titanic boa') is an extinct genus of giant boid (the family that includes all boas and anacondas) snake that lived during the middle and late Paleocene. Titanoboa was first discovered in the early 2000s by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute who, along with students from the University of ...