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Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory , semiaquatic reptiles , which includes true crocodiles , the alligators , and caimans ; as well as the gharial ...
The Cuban crocodile is a critically endangered species, listed on CITES appendix 1. Its restricted habitat and range make it very vulnerable. Humans have hunted this species to near extinction. Much research remains to be done on the remaining wild populations.
The Red List of 2012 was released 19 July 2012 at Rio+20 Earth Summit; [17] nearly 2,000 species were added, [18] with 4 species to the extinct list, 2 to the rediscovered list. [19] The IUCN assessed a total of 63,837 species which revealed 19,817 are threatened with extinction.
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...
Then, the crocodiles were classified critically endangered in hopes of reducing the number lost to poaching. However, despite its new classification, it's population decreased by 58% between 1997 ...
Appendix I: species that are the most endangered: Vulnerable (VU) Considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild Crocodylus porosus: Saltwater crocodile Saltie Estuarine Indo-Pacific crocodile: Appendix II: Migratory species conserved through Agreements: Appendix I: species that are the most endangered: Least concern (LC or LR/lc ...
The Florida Manatee was first listed as endangered back in 1973, and the species continues to be threatened by humans and climate change. ... The Philippine Crocodile is one of the most endangered ...
Version 2014.2 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4574 critically endangered species, subspecies, varieties, stocks, and subpopulations. For IUCN lists of critically endangered species by kingdom , see: