Endangered Species
33 entries in the Living Planet compendium.
VaquitaThe smallest cetacean, critically endangered by gillnet bycatch.Amur LeopardA critically endangered leopard subspecies adapted to the cold forests of Russia and China.Javan RhinoThe rarest of all rhinoceroses, with a single horn and a critically endangered population.Hawksbill Sea TurtleThe reef's sponge-eating guardian with a shell once coveted by humanity.KakapoThe world's only flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot, endemic to New Zealand.SaolaThe elusive 'Asian unicorn' of the Annamite forests.Right whaleThe docile, slow-moving baleen whales that were nearly hunted to extinction.Bengal TigerThe tiger of the Indian subcontinent, one of the biggest wild cats and national animal of India and…Bluefin TunaThe first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world's oceans.Snow LeopardThe ghost of the mountains stalks silently through a world of ice and stone.African ElephantThe two elephant species of Africa, the largest land animals alive and both at risk of extinction.Sea OtterThe keystone species with the thickest fur in the animal kingdom, whose recovery is a major success in marine…Black RhinocerosThe black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a critically endangered species native to East and Southern…TigerThe striped ghost of the Asian wilderness, a solitary king fighting for survival.African Forest ElephantThe smallest living elephant, a critically endangered seed-spreader of Africa's rainforests.Sumatran OrangutanA critically endangered, tool-using great ape of northern Sumatra's forests.Mountain GorillaTitans of the mist: The last guardians of Africa's ancient volcanoes.Philippine EagleThe thunderous guardian of the Philippine canopy, soaring above a vanishing world.Iberian LynxA small Balkan nation with big wild spaces, from mountain forests to Mediterranean coast.Red PandaA solitary guardian of the mist-shrouded Himalayan bamboo forests.Hawksbill TurtleA rare visitor to Bu Tinah's protected reefs and mangroves.Sumatran TigerThe last surviving tiger of the Sunda Islands, isolated on Sumatra for millennia.Sunda PangolinThe Sunda pangolin: a scaly, nocturnal insectivore of Southeast Asia.Kemp's Ridley Sea TurtleThe world's most endangered sea turtle, smallest of its kind, and the only one that nests by day.Giant PandaA bear species endemic to China, known for its black-and-white coat and bamboo diet.Cross River GorillaThe world's rarest great ape, confined to the forests of the Cameroon-Nigeria border.Yangtze Finless PorpoiseChina's only freshwater cetacean, critically endangered but showing signs of recovery.Red WolfA British animal researcher who lived among wolves and adopted a pack of abandoned wolf pups.African Wild DogPainted wolves that hunt cooperatively and care for all members.Whooping CraneThe tallest North American bird species, named for its 'whooping' calls.Sumatran RhinoThe hairy, elusive ghost of Southeast Asia's vanishing rainforests.Green Sea TurtleAncient ocean grazers navigating vast distances to return to the sands of their birth.Leatherback Sea TurtleThe largest living turtle, with no bony shell: a vulnerable species with critically endangered subpopulations.
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