Critically endangered species

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Conservation status
the risk of extinction
Extinction
Extinct Extinct in the Wild
Threatened
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Threatened
Lower risk
Conservation Dependent Near Threatened Least Concern Domesticated
See also
World Conservation Union IUCN Red List

Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct.

Contents 1 IUCN Category 2 List of critically endangered species 3 Mammalia 3.1 Odd-toed ungulates 3.2 Even-toed ungulates 3.3 Cetacea 3.4 Carnivores 3.5 Bats 3.6 Primates 3.7 Lagomorphs 3.8 Marsupials 3.9 Seals 3.10 Insectivores 4 Fish 5 Fungi 6 Birds 6.1 Galliformes 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] IUCN Category

The World Conservation Union (IUCN), widely considered to be the most objective and authoritative system for classifying species in terms of the risk of extinction^[1], lists 3071 species (1528 animals, 1541 plants, 2 fungi) of the world as being critically endangered in their 2006 Red List. Additionally 254 subspecies or varieties are considered critically endangered, and 30 subpopulations or stocks have been assessed with a critical risk of (local) extinction.

Critically endangered is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN for wild species. As the IUCN does not consider a species extinct until extensive, targeted surveys have been conducted, species which are possibly extinct are still listed as "Critically Endangered". A new category for "Possibly Extinct" has been suggested by BirdLife International to categorize these taxa.

[edit] List of critically endangered species

This is an incomplete list of critically endangered species.

[edit] Mammalia

[edit] Odd-toed ungulates

• African wild ass (Equus africanus)
• Black rhino (Diceros bicornis)
• Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
• Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)

[edit] Even-toed ungulates

• Giant Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger varani)
• Pygmy hog (Sus salvanius)
• Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons)
• Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)
• Pere David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
• Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
• Aders' Duiker (Cephalophus adersi)
• Kouprey (Bos sauveli)
• Tamaraw or Tamarou (Bubalus mindorensis)
• Hirola (Damaliscus hunteri)
• Walia Ibex or Ethiopian ibex (Capra walie)
• Dama Gazelle Gazella dama
• Przewalski's Gazelle Procapra przewalskii
• Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
• Saiga Antelope Saiga tatarica

[edit] Cetacea

• Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
• Chinese River Dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)

[edit] Carnivores

• Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)
• Asiatic Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)
• Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus occidentalis)
• Amur tiger or Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
• Anatolian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana)
• Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)
• Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi)
• Red wolf (Canis rufus)
• Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)
• Island fox (Urocyon littoralis)
• Darwin's zorro (Pseudalopex fulvipes)
• Malabar civet (Viverra civettina)
• Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
• Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
• Sumatran Tiger

[edit] Bats

• Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae)
• Gallagher's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon gallagheri)
• Chaerephon tomensis
• Seychelles sheath-tailed bat (Coleura seychellensis)
• Lamotte's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros lamottei)
• Hipposideros neguam
• Peters's tube-nosed bat (Murina grisea)
• Murina tenebrosa
• Myotis cobanensis
• Myotis planiceps
• Nyctimene rabori
• Wroughton's free-tailed bat (Otomops wroughtoni)
• Vietnam leaf-nosed bat (Paracoelops megalotis)
• New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis imogene)
• Anthony's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus anthonyi)
• Joffre's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus joffrei)
• Fijian monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex acrodonta)
• Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex anceps)
• Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex atrata)
• Montane monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex pulchra)
• Pteropus aldabrensis
• Pteropus insularis
• Pteropus livingstonii
• Pteropus molossinus
• Pteropus phaecocephalus
• Pteropus pselaphon
• Pteropus rodricensis
• Rhinolophus convexus
• Rhinolophus hilli
• Scotophilus borboniscus
• Taphozous troughtoni

[edit] Primates

• Variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus)
• Northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)
• Coimbra's titi (Callicebus coimbrai)
• Yellow-breasted capuchin (Cebus xanthosternos)
• Golden-crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli)
• Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus)
• Brazilian bare-faced tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
• Dealacour langur (Trachypithecus delacouri)
• White-headed langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus)
• Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
• Mentawai macaque (Macaca pagensis)
• Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda)
• Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelli)
• Procolobus rufomitratus
• Golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
• Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus)
• Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch)
• Black-faced lion tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara)
• Black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)
• Eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)

[edit] Lagomorphs

• Riverine rabbit (Bunolagus monticularuis)
• Sumatran Striped Rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri)
• Forrest's pika (Ochotona forresti)
• Omilteme cottontail (Sylvilagus insonus)

[edit] Marsupials

• Gracilianus aceramarcae
• Marmosa andersoni
• Marmosops handleyi
• Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)
• Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)

[edit] Seals

• Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)

[edit] Insectivores

• Hantu Water Shrew (Chimarrogale hantu)
• Chimarrrogale sumatrana
• Somali Golden Mole (Chlorotalpa tytonis)
• Visagie's Golden Mole (Chrysochloris visagiei)
• Harenna Shrew (Crocidura harenna)
• De Winton's Golden Mole (Cryptochloris wintoni)
• Negros Shrew (Crocidura negrina)
• Sao Tomé Shrew (Crocidura thomensis)
• Wimmer's Shrew (Crocidura wimmeri)
• Van Zyl's Golden Mole (Cryptochloris zyl)
• Euroscaptor parvidens
• Dwarf Gymnure (Hylomys parvus)
• Microgale dryas
• Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (Myosorex eisentrauti)
• Rumpi Mouse Shrew (Myosorex rumpii)
• Gansu Shrew (Sorex cansulus)
• Kozlov's Shrew (Sorex kozlovi)
• Salenski's Shrew (Soriculus salenskii)
• Black Shrew (Suncus ater)
• Flores Shrew (Suncus mertensi)
• Persian Mole (Talpa streeti)

[edit] Fish

• Common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
• Daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus)
• Dumb gulper shark (Centrophorus harrissoni)
• Dwarf sawfish also called Queensland sawfish (Pristis clavata)
• Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
• Giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)
• Knifetooth sawfish also called pointed sawfish, (Anoxypristis cuspidata)
• Large-tooth sawfish (Pristis microdon)
• Longcomb sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
• Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
• Smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata)
• Southern bluefin tuna
• Squatina squatina
• Striped smooth-hound (Mustelus fasciatus)

[edit] Fungi

• Boreal Felt Lichen (Erioderma pedicellatum)
• Pleurotus nebrodensis

[edit] Birds

[edit] Galliformes

• Blue-Billed Curassow (Crax alberti)
• Djibouti Francolin (Francolinus ochropectus)
• Gorgeted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus strophium)
• Himalayan Quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)
• White-Winged Guan (Penelope albipennis)
• Trinidad Piping-Guan (Pipile pipile)

[edit] See also

• Biodiversity Action Plan
• Threatened fauna of Australia

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• IUCN (2006-07-28). The 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.