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Endangered fauna−animals of Africa. IUCN Red List Endangered category. All IUCN Red List categories. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. A.
Pages in category "Critically endangered fauna of Africa" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ]
Loxodonta africana (Except the populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, which are included in Appendix II subject to annotation 2) – L. africana now refers exclusively to the African bush elephant; the African forest elephant, which remains listed in Appendix I as part of L. africana, is now classified as L. cyclotis ...
The most endangered pinniped. Cozumel raccoon: Procyon pygmaeus: 323–955 [8] CR [8] [8] Mature individuals number less than 250. Populations can be severely affected by hurricanes. [8] Ethiopian wolf: Canis simensis: 500 [9] EN [9] [9] One of the world's rarest canids, and Africa's most endangered carnivore. Siberian tiger: Panthera tigris ...
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 474 endangered mammalian species. [1] Of all evaluated mammalian species, 8.6% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists 86 mammalian subspecies as endangered.
Unlike their more general use elsewhere, the List uses the terms "endangered species" and "threatened species" with particular meanings: "Endangered" (EN) species lie between "Vulnerable" (VU) and "Critically Endangered" (CR) species. In 2012, the IUCN Red List listed 3,079 animal and 2,655 plant species as endangered (EN) worldwide. [12]
For brevity use binomial or trinomial nomenclature only, that is, omit common names and the name of the scientific authority. The Andean mountain cat is an endangered species . On 19 August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4584 endangered species , subspecies , stocks and subpopulations.