Scientific Name: Diceros sumatrensis Common Name: Sumatran rhino Category: Rhino Population: < 250 individuals Threats To Survival: Hunting for horn -used in traditional medicine
Scientific Name: Eleutherodactylus thorectes Common Name: Macaya Breast-Spot Frog Category: Frog Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction due to charcoal production and slash-and-burn agriculture Credit: Robin Moore
Scientific Name: Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis Common Name: Red-Finned Blue Eye Category: Freshwater Fish Population: 2,000 - 4,000 Individuals Threats To Survival: Predation by introduced species
Scientific Name: Rafetus Swinhoei Common Name: Red River Giant Softshell Turtle Category: Turtle Population: 4 known individuals Threats To Survival: Hunting for consumption and habitat destruction and degradation as a result of wetland destruction and pollution
Scientific Name: Neurergus kaiseri Common Name: Luristan newt Category: Newt Population: < 1000 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Illegal collection for pet trade
List Provided By Zoological Society Of London/ International Union For Conservation Of Nature" width="52" height="52"/> Scientific Name: Poecilotheria metallica Common Name: Peacock Parachute Spider Category: Spider Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and degradation as a result of deforestation, firewood collection and civil unrest
Scientific Name: Atelopus balios Common Name: Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad Category: Toad Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Chytridiomycosis and habitat destruction due to logging and agricultural expansion
Scientific Name: Johora Singaporensis Common Name: Singapore Freshwater Crab Category: Crab Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation - reduction in water quality and quantity
Scientific Name: Abies beshanzuensis Common Name: Baishan Fir Category: Conifer Population: 5 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Agricultural expansion and fire
Scientific Name: Actinote zikani Common Name: None Category: Butterfly Population: Unknown, one population remaining Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation due to pressure from human populations
Scientific Name: Aipysurus foliosquama Common Name: Leaf Scaled Sea-Snake Category: Sea snake Population: Unknown, two subpopulations remain Threats To Survival: Unknown - likely degradation of coral reef habitat
Scientific Name: Amanipodagrion gilliesi Common Name: Amani Flatwing Category: Damselfly Population: < 500 individuals est. Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation due to increasing population pressure and water pollution
Scientific Name: Antilophia bokermanni Common Name: Araripe Manakin Category: bird Population: 779 individuals (est 2010) Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction due to expansion of agriculture and recreational facilities and water diversion
Scientific Name: Antisolabis seychellensis Common Name: Seychelles Earwig Category: Earwig Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Invasive species and climate change
Scientific Name: Aphanius transgrediens Common Name: None Category: Freshwater fish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Competition and predation by Gambusia and road construction
Scientific Name: Ardeotis nigriceps Common Name: Great Indian Bustard Category: Bird Population: 50 -249 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and modification due to agricultural development
Scientific Name: Aproteles bulmerae Common Name: Bulmer's Fruit Bat Category: Bat Population: 150 individuals (est) Threats To Survival: Hunting and cave disturbance
Scientific Name: Ardea insignis Common Name: White Bellied Heron Category: Bird Population: 70-400 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction and degradation due to hydropower development
Scientific Name: Astrochelus yniphora Common Name: Ploughshare Tortoise / Angonoka Category: Tortoise Population: 440-770 Threats To Survival: Illegal collection for international pet trade
Scientific Name: Aythya innotata Common Name: Madagascar Pochard Category: Bird Population: Approximately 20 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation due to slash-and-burn agriculture, hunting, and fishing / introduced fish
Scientific Name: Azurina eupalama Common Name: Galapagos damsel fish Category: Pelagic fish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Climate Change - oceanographic changes associated with the 1982 / 1983 El Nino are presumed to be responsible for the apparent disappearance of this species from the Galapagos
Scientific Name: Bahaba taipingensis Common Name: Giant yellow croaker Category: Pelagic fish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Over-fishing, primarily due to value of swim-bladder for traditional medicine - cost per kilogram exceeded that of gold in 2001
Scientific Name: Batagur baska Common Name: Common Batagur/ Four-toed terrapin Category: Turtle Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Illegal export and trade from Indonesia to China
Scientific Name: Bazzania bhutanica Common Name: None Category: Liverwort Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation and destruction due to forest clearance, overgrazing and development
Scientific Name: Beatragus hunteri Common Name: Hirola Category: Antelope Population: < 1000 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and degradation, competition with livestock, poaching
Scientific Name: Bombus franklinii Common Name: Franklin's Bumble Bee Category: Bee Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Disease from commercially bred bumblebees and habitat destruction and degradation
Scientific Name: Brachyteles hypoxanthus Common Name: Northern muriqui Category: Primate Population: < 1,000 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and fragmentation due to large-scale deforestation and selective logging
Scientific Name: Bradypus pygmaeus Common Name: Pygmy sloth Category: Sloth Population: < 500 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss due to illegal logging of mangrove forests for firewood and construction and hunting of the sloths
Scientific Name: Callitriche pulchra Common Name: None Category: Freshwater plant Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Exploitation of the species' habitat by stock, and modification of the pool by local people
Scientific Name: Calumma tarzan Common Name: Tarzan's Chameleon Category: Chameleon Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction for agriculture
Scientific Name: Cavia intermedia Common Name: Santa Catarina's Guinea Pig Category: Guinea Pig Population: 40-60 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat disturbance and possible hunting; small population effects
Scientific Name: Cercopithecus roloway Common Name: Roloway Guenon Category: Primate Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Hunting for consumption as bushmeat, and habitat loss
Scientific Name: Coleura seychellensis Common Name: Seychelles Sheath-Tailed Bat Category: Bat Population: < 100 mature individuals (est 2008) Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation and predation by invasive species
Scientific Name: Cryptomyces maximus Common Name: None Category: Fungus Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Limited availability of habitat
Scientific Name: Cryptotis nelsoni Common Name: Nelson's Small-Eared Shrew Category: Shrew Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: habitat loss due to logging cattle grazing, fire and agriculture
Scientific Name: Cyclura collei Common Name: Jamaican Iguana Category: Iguana Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Predation by introduced species and habitat destruction
Scientific Name: Dendrophylax fawcettii Common Name: Cayman Islands Ghost Orchid Category: Orchid Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction due to infrastructure development
Scientific Name: Diomedea amsterdamensis Common Name: Amsterdam Island Albatross Category: Bird Population: 100 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Disease and incidental capture in long-line fishing operations
Scientific Name: Diospyros katendei Common Name: None Category: Tree Population: 20 individuals, one population Threats To Survival: High pressure from communities for agricultural activity, illegal tree felling, habitat degradation due to alluvial gold digging and small population
Scientific Name: Dipterocarpus lamellatus Common Name: None Category: Dipterocarp (tree) Population: 12 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and degradation due to logging of lowland forest and creation of industrial plantations
Scientific Name: Discoglossus nigriventer Common Name: Hula painted frog Category: Frog Population: Unknown (recent rediscovery in 2011) Threats To Survival: Predation by birds and range restriction due to habitat destruction
Scientific Name: Discorea strydomiana Common Name: Wild Yam Category: Yam Population: 200 Individuals Threats To Survival: Collection for medicinal use
Scientific Name: Dombeya mauritiana Common Name: None Category: Flowering plant Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation and destruction due to encroachment by alien invasive plant species and cannabis cultivation
Scientific Name: Eleocarpus bojeri Common Name: None Category: Flowering plant Population: < 10 individuals Threats To Survival: Small population and degraded habitat
Scientific Name: Eleutherodactylus glandulifer Common Name: La Hotte Glanded Frog Category: Frog Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction due to charcoal production and slash-and-burn agriculture
Scientific Name: Eriosyce chilensis Common Name: Chilenito Category: Cactus Population: < 500 individuals Threats To Survival: Collection of flowering individuals
Scientific Name: Erythrina schliebenii Common Name: Coral Tree Category: Flowering tree Population: < 50 individuals Threats To Survival: Limited habitat and small population size increasing vulnerability to stochastic events
Scientific Name: Euphorbia tanaensis Common Name: None Category: Semi-deciduous tree Population: 4 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Illegal logging and habitat degradation due to agricultural expansion and infrastructure development
Scientific Name: Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Common Name: Spoon-Billed Sandpiper Category: Bird Population: < 100 breeding pairs Threats To Survival: Trapping on wintering grounds and land reclamation.
Scientific Name: Ficus katendei Common Name: None Category: Tree (ficus) Population: < 50 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Agricultural activity, illegal tree felling and habitat degradation due to alluvial gold digging
Scientific Name: Geronticus eremita Common Name: Northern Bald Ibis Category: Bird Population: 200-249 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation and destruction, and hunting
Scientific Name: Gigasiphon macrosiphon Common Name: None Category: Flowering tree Population: 33 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Timber extraction and habitat degradation due to agricultural encroachment and development, seed predation by wild pigs
Scientific Name: Gocea ohridana Common Name: None Category: Mollusc Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation due to increasing pollution levels, off-take of water and sedimentation events
Scientific Name: Heleophryne rosei Common Name: Table Mountain Ghost Frog Category: Frog Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation due to invasive plants and water abstraction
Scientific Name: Hemicycla paeteliana Common Name: None Category: Mollusc Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction due to overgrazing and trampling by goats and tourists
Scientific Name: Heteromirafa sidamoensis Common Name: Liben Lark Category: Bird Population: 90- 256 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and degradation due to agricultural expansion, over-grazing and fire suppression
Scientific Name: Hibiscadelphus woodii Common Name: None Category: Hibiscus Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation due to feral ungulates and invasive introduced plant species
Scientific Name: Hucho perryi (Parahucho perryi) Common Name: Sakhalin Taimen Category: Salmonid Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Overfishing (sport fishing and commercial bycatch) and habitat loss from damming, agriculture and other land use practices.
Scientific Name: Lathyrus belinensis Common Name: None Category: Sweet-pea Population: < 1,000 (2010 est) Threats to Survival: Habitat destruction due to urbanisation, over-grazing, conifer planting and road widening
Scientific Name: Leiopelma archeyii Common Name: Archey's Frog Category: Frog Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Chytridiomycosis and predation by invasive species
Scientific Name: Lithobates sevosus Common Name: Dusky Gopher Frog Category: Frog Population: 60-100 individuals (est 2003) Threats To Survival: Fungal disease and habitat limitation due to climate change and land-use changes
Scientific Name: Lophura edwardsi Common Name: Edward's pheasant Category: Bird Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Hunting and habitat loss
Scientific Name: Magnolia wolfii Common Name: None Category: Magnolia Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Isolation of species and low regeneration rates
Scientific Name: Margaritifera marocana Common Name: None Category: Mussel Population: < 250 individuals (2010 est) Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation and disturbance due to pollution and development
Scientific Name: Moominia willii Common Name: None Category: Mollusc Population: < 500 individuals Threats To Survival: Invasive species and climate change
Scientific Name: Natalus primus Common Name: Cuban Greater Funnel Eared Bat Category: Bat Population: < 100 individuals (est 2005) Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and human disturbance
Scientific Name: Nepenthes attenboroughii Common Name: Attenborough's Pitcher Plant Category: Carnivorous plant Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Poaching
Scientific Name: Nomascus hainanus Common Name: Hainan Gibbon Category: Primate Population: < 20 individuals Threats To Survival: Hunting
Scientific Name: Oreocnemis phoenix Common Name: Mulanje Red Damsel Category: Butterfly Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction and degradation due to drainage, agricultural expansion and exploitation of forest
Scientific Name:Pangasius sanitwongsi Common Name: Pangasid Catfish Category: Freshwater fish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Overfishing and collection for aquarium trade
Scientific Name: Parides burchellanus Common Name: None Category: Butterfly Population: < 100 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat degrdation due to pressure from human populations and range restriction
Scientific Name: Phocoena sinus Common Name: Vaquita Category: Porpoise Population: 200+ individuals and declining Threats to Survival: Incidental capture in gillnets
Scientific Name: Picea neoveitchii Common Name: None Category: Conifer Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Forest destruction
Scientific Name: Pinus squamata Common Name: Qiaojia Pine Category: Conifer Population: < 25 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Limited distribution and small population size
Scientific Name: Pomarea whitneyi Common Name: Fatuhiva Monarch Category: Butterfly Population: 50 individuals Threats To Survival: Predation by introduced species - Rattus rattus and feral cats
Scientific Name: Pristis pristis Common Name: Common Sawfish Category: Sawfish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Exploitation - has removed the species from 95% of its historical range
Scientific Name: Prolemur simus Common Name: Greater Bamboo Lemur Category: Primate Population: 100-160 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction due to slash-and-burn agriculture, mining and illegal logging
Scientific Name: Propithecus candidus Common Name: Silky Sifaka Category: Primate Population: 100 -1,000 individuals Threats To Survival: Hunting and habitat disturbance
Scientific Name: Psammobates geometricus Common Name: Geometric Tortoise Category: Tortoise Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction and degradation, and predation
Scientific Name: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis Common Name: Saola Category: Saola (bovid affinities) Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Hunting and habitat destruction
Scientific Name: Psiadia cataractae Common Name: None Category: Flowering plant Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation and destruction due to development project and alien invasive plant species
Scientific Name: Psorodonotus ebneri Common Name: Beydaglari Bush-cricket Category: Cricket Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: climate change, habitat loss
Scientific Name: Rhinoceros sondaicus Common Name: Javan Rhino Category: Rhino Population: < 100 individuals Threats To Survival: Hunting for traditional medicine and small population size
Scientific Name: Rhinopithecus avunculus Common Name: Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkey Category: Primate Population: < 200 individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and hunting. Known from only a few records in small area of habitat ( less than 10km2)
Scientific Name: Rhizanthella gardneri Common Name: West Australian Underground Orchid Category: Orchid Population: < 100 individuals Threats To Survival: Land clearance for agriculture (96% habitat cleared to date), climate change and salinisation
Scientific Name: Rhyncocyon spp Common Name: Boni Giant Sengi Category: Sengi Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Highly restricted habitat and distribution, security issues, oil development in area with associated increase in human population in area
Scientific Name: Risiocnemis seidenschwarzi Common Name: Cebu Frill-Wing Category: Damsel fly Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat degradation and destruction.
Scientific Name: Rosa arabica Common Name: None Category: Flowering tree Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Domestic animals grazing, climate change and drought, medicinal plant collection and restricted range
Scientific Name: Salanoia durrelli Common Name: Durrell's Vontsira Category: Vontsira (small carnivore) Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat loss
Scientific Name: Santamartamys rufodorsalis Common Name: Red-Crested Tree Rat Category: Rat Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat loss through urban development and coffee cultivation
Scientific Name: Squatina squatina Common Name: Angel Shark Category: Shark Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Benthic trawling
Scientific Name: Sterna bernsteini Common Name: Chinese Crested Tern Category: Bird Population: < 50 mature individuals Threats To Survival: Egg collection and habitat destruction
Scientific Name: Sygnathus watermeyeri Common Name: Estuarine Pipefish (River Pipefish) Category: Pipefish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Construction of dams altering river flows and flood events into estuaries
Scientific Name: Tahina spectabilis Common Name: Suicide Palm Category: Palm Population: 90 Individuals Threats To Survival: Habitat loss due to fires, logging and agricultural developments
Scientific Name: Telmatobufo bullocki juvenile Common Name: Bullock's False Toad Category: Toad Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction as a result of energy development
Scientific Name: Tokudaia muenninki Common Name: Okinawa Spiny Rat Category: Rat Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and predation by feral cats
Scientific Name: Trigonostigma sompongsi Common Name: Somphongs's rasbora Category: Freshwater fish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat loss and degradation from farmland conversion and urbanization
Scientific Name: Valencia letourneuxi Common Name: None Category: Freshwater fish Population: Unknown (declining) Threats To Survival: Habitat destruction, water abstraction and agressive interaction with Gambusia
Scientific Name: Voanioala gerardii Common Name: Forest Coconut Category: palm Population: < 10 individuals Threats To Survival: Harvesting for consumption of palm heart and deforestation
Scientific Name: Zaglossus attenboroughii Common Name: Attenborough's Echidna Category: echidna Population: Unknown Threats To Survival: Habitat modification and degradation due to logging, agricultural encroachment shifting cultivation and hunting by local people
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