exampel of threatend species

Rhino , owl, white tiger, toad skinned frog , vulture, tiger, coral , leatherback turtles

the list is unending ............ I know only these.................

Hope that helps!!!!!!!!

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Threatened speciesare any species (includinganimals,plants,fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable toendangermentin the near future.

The world's 100 most threatened species[3]SpeciesCommon nameTypeImageLocation(s)Estimated populationThreatsAbies beshanzuensisBaishan FirPlant (tree)Baishanzu Mountain, Zhejiang, ChinaFive mature individuals
  • agriculture
  • fire
Actinote zikaniInsect (butterfly)Near São Paulo, Atlantic forest, BrazilUnknown
  • habitat loss from human expansion
Aipysurus foliosquamaLeaf scaled sea-snakeReptileAshmore Reef and Hibernia Reef, Timor SeaUnknown
  • unknown—probably degradation of coral reef habitat
Amanipodagrion gilliesiAmani flatwingInsect (damselfly)Amani-Sigi Forest, Usamabara Mountains, Tazania
  • population pressure and water pollution
Antilophia bokermanniAraripe ManakinBirdChapado do Araripe, South Ceará, Brazil779 individuals
  • growth of agriculture
  • recreational facilities
  • water diversion
Antisolabis seychellensis(earwig)InsectMorne Blanc, Mahé island, SeychellesUnknown
  • invasive species
  • climate change
Aphanius transgrediensAci Göl toothcarpFishsouth-eastern shore of former Lake Aci, Turkeyfew hundred pairs
  • competition and predation byGambusia
  • road construction
Aproteles bulmeraeBulmers fruit batMammal (bat)Luplupwintern Cave, Western Province, Papua New Guineaapprox. 150
  • hunting
  • cave disturbance
Ardea insignisWhite-bellied HeronBirdBhutan, North East India and Myanmar70400 individuals
  • hydropower development
Ardeotis nigricepsGreat Indian BustardBirdRajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashta, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Madhya, India50249 mature individuals
  • agricultural development
Astrochelys yniphoraPloughshare tortoiseAngonokaReptile (tortoise)Baly Bay region, northwestern Madagascar440770
  • illegal collection for international pet trade
Atelopus baliosRio Pescado stubfoot toadAmphibian (toad)Azuay, Cañar and Guyas provinces, south-western EcuadorUnknown
  • Chytridiomycosis
  • logging
  • agricultural expansion
Aythya innotataMadagascar PochardBirdvolcanic lakes north of Bealanana, Madagascarapprox. 20 mature individuals
  • agriculture
  • hunting and fishing
  • introduced fish
Azurina eupalamaGalapagos damsel fishFishUnknownUnknown
  • climate Change
  • oceanographic changes related to the 1982/1983 El Nino
Bahaba taipingensisGiant yellow croakerFishChinese coast from Yangtze River, China to Hong KongUnknown
  • over-fishing due to value of swim-bladder in traditional medicine
Batagur baskaCommon batagurFour-toed terrapinReptile (turtle)Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia and MalaysiaUnknown
  • illegal export China
Bazzania bhutanica(liverwort)PlantBudini and Lafeti Khola, Bhutantwo populations
  • forest clearance
  • overgrazing
  • development
Beatragus hunteriHirola (antelope)MammalSouth-east Kenya and possibly south-west Somalia
  • habitat loss
  • competition with livestock
  • poaching
Bombus frankliniFranklins bumblebeeInsect (bee)Oregon and CaliforniaUnknown
  • disease from commercial bumblebees
  • habitat destruction and degradation
Brachyteles hypoxanthusNorthern muriquiwoolly spider monkeyMammal (primate)Atlantic forest, south-eastern Brazil
  • large-scale deforestation and logging
Bradypus pygmaeusPygmy three-toed slothMammalIsla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama
  • illegal logging of mangrove forests for firewood and construction
  • hunting
Callitriche pulchra(water-starwort)Plant (freshwater)pool on Gavdos, GreeceUnknown
  • habitat exploitation by livestock
  • modification of the pool by locals
Calumma tarzanTarzans chameleonReptileAnosibe AnAla region, eastern Madagascar
  • agriculture
Cavia intermediaSanta Catarinas guinea pigMammal (rodent)Moleques do Sul Island, Santa Catarina, Brazil4060
  • habitat disturbance
  • possible hunting
  • result of having such a small population
Cercopithecus rolowayRoloway guenon (monkey)Mammal (primate)Côte d'IvoireUnknown
  • hunting
  • habitat loss
Coleura seychellensisSeychelles sheath-tailed batMammal (bat)Two small caves on Silhouette and Mahé, Seychelles
  • habitat degradation
  • predation by invasive species
Cryptomyces maximusWillow blisterFungiPembrokeshire, United KingdomUnknown
  • limited habitat
Cryptotis nelsoniNelsons small-eared shrewMammal (shrew)Volcán San Martín Tuxtla, Veracruz, MexicoUnknown
  • logging
  • cattle grazing
  • fire
  • agriculture
Cyclura colleiJamaican iguanaJamaican rock iguanaReptileHellshire Hills, JamaicaUnknown
  • habitat destruction
  • predation by introduced species
Dendrophylax fawcettiiCayman Islands ghost orchidPlant (orchid)Ironwood Forest, George Town, Grand CaymanUnknown
  • infrastructure development
Dicerorhinus sumatrensisSumatran rhinoMammal (rhino)Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia
  • hunting (horn is used in traditional medicine)
Diomedea amsterdamensisAmsterdam AlbatrossBirdBreeds on Plateuau des Tourbières, Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean.100 mature individuals
  • disease
  • incidental by-catch in long-line fishing
Dioscorea strydomianaWild yamPlantOshoek area, Mpumalanga, South Africa200
  • collection for medicinal use
Diospyros katendeiPlant (tree)Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve, Uganda20 individuals in a single population
  • agricultural activity
  • illegal tree felling
  • alluvial gold digging
  • small population
Dipterocarpus lamellatusPlant (tree)Siangau Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia12 individuals
  • logging of lowland forest
  • creation of industrial plantations
Discoglossus nigriventerHula painted frogAmphibian (frog)Hula Valley, IsraelUnknown
  • predation by birds
  • range restriction due to habitat destruction
Dombeya mauritaniaPlantMauritiusUnknown
  • encroachment by invasive plant species
  • habitat loss due to cannabis cultivation
Elaeocarpus bojeriPlant (tree)Grand Bassin, Mauritius
  • habitat degradation
Eleutherodactylus glanduliferLa Hotte glanded frogAmphibian (frog)Massif de la Hotte, HaitiUnknown
  • charcoal production
  • slash-and-burn agriculture
Eleutherodactylus thorcetesMacaya breast-spot frogAmphibian (frog)Formon and Macaya peaks, Masif de la Hotte, HaitiUnknown
  • charcoal production
  • slash-and-burn agriculture
Eriosyce chilensisChilenito (cactus)PlantPta Molles and Pichidungui, Chile
  • collection of flowering plants
Erythrina schliebeniiCoral treePlant (tree)Namatimbili-Ngarama Forest, Tanzania
  • limited habitat and small population size increase vulnerability
Euphorbia tanaensisPlant (tree)Witu Forest Reserve, Kenya4 mature individuals
  • illegal logging
  • agricultural expansion
  • infrastructure development
Eurynorhyncus pygmeusSpoon-billed SandpiperBirdBreeds in Russia, migrates along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to wintering grounds in Bangladesh and Myanmar100 breeding pairs
  • trapping
  • land reclamation
Ficus katendeiPlantKasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve, Ishasha River, Uganda
  • agriculture
  • illegal tree felling
  • alluvial gold digging
Geronticus eremitaNorthern Bald IbisBirdBreeds in Morocco, Turkey and Syria. Syrian population winters in

central Ethiopia.

200249 mature individuals
  • habitat degradation and destruction
  • hunting
Gigasiphon macrosiphon(flowering plant inlegumefamily)PlantKaya Muhaka, Gongoni and Mrima Forest Reserves, Kenya, Amani Nature Reserve, West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, and Kihansi Gorge, Tanzania33
  • timber extraction
  • agriculture encroachment and development
  • predation by wild pigs
Gocea ohridana(type of gastropod)MolluscLake Ohrid, MacedoniaUnknown
  • increasing pollution levels
  • off-take of water
  • sedimentation events
Heleophryne roseiTable mountain ghost frogAmphibian (frog)Table Mountain, Western Cape Province, South AfricaUnknown
  • invasive plants
  • water abstraction
Hemicycla paeteliana(type of land snail)MolluscJandia peninsula, Fuerteventura, Canary IslandsUnknown
  • overgrazing
  • trampling by goats and tourists
Heteromirafa sidamoensisLiben LarkBirdLiben Plains, southern Ethiopia90256
  • agricultural expansion
  • overgrazing
  • fire suppression
Hibiscadelphus woodiiPlant (small tree)Kalalau Valley, HawaiiUnknown
  • habitat degradation due to feral ungulates
  • competition with invasive plant species
Hucho perryiSakhalin taimenFishRussian and Japanese rivers, Pacific Ocean between Russia and JapanUnknown
  • overfishing (sport fishing and commercial bycatch)
  • damming
  • agriculture
  • other land use
Johora singaporensisSingapore freshwater crabCrustaceanBukit Timah Nature Reserve and streamlet near Bukit Batok, SingaporeUnknown
  • habitat degradation due to reduction in water quality and quantity
Lathyrus belinensisBelin vetchling (flowering plant related toLathyrus odoratus- sweet pea)PlantOutskirts of Belin village, Antalya, Turkey
  • urbanisation
  • over-grazing
  • conifer planting
  • road widening
Leiopelma archeyiArcheys frogAmphibian (frog)Coromandel peninsula and Whareorino Forest, New ZealandUnknown
  • Chytridiomycosis
  • predation by invasive species
Lithobates sevosusDusky gopher frogAmphibian (frog)Harrison County, Mississippi, USA60100
  • fungal disease
  • climate change
  • land-use changes
Lophura edwardsiEdwardss PheasantBirdQuang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, Viet NamUnknown
  • habitat loss
  • hunting
Magnolia wolfii(type ofMagnoliatree)PlantRisaralda, Colombia
  • isolation of species
  • low regeneration rates
Margaritifera marocana(type of freshwater mussel)MolluscOued Denna, Oued Abid and Oued Beth, Morocco
  • pollution
  • development
Moominia willii(snail)MolluscSilhouette Island, Seychelles
  • invasive species
  • climate change
Natalus primusCuban greater funnel eared batMammal (bat)Cueva La Barca, Isle of Pines, Cuba
  • habitat loss
  • human disturbance
Nepenthes attenboroughiiAttenboroughs pitcher plantPlantMount Victoria, Palawan, PhilippinesUnknown
  • poaching
Nomascus hainanusHainan gibbonMammal (primate)Hainan Island, China
  • hunting
Neurergus kaiseriLuristan newtAmphibianZagros Mountains, Lorestan, Iran
  • illegal collection for pet trade
Oreocnemis phoenixMulanje red damsel (damselfly)Insect (damselfly)Mulanje Plateau, MalawiUnknown
  • habitat destruction and degradation due to drainage
  • agricultural expansion
  • exploitation of forest
Pangasius sanitwongseiPangasid catfishFishChao Phraya and Mekong basins in Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet NamUnknown
  • overfishing
  • collection for aquarium trade
Parides burchellanus(butterfly)Insect (butterfly)Cerrado, Brazil
  • human expansion
  • limited range
Phocoena sinusVaquita (porpoise)Mammal (cetacean)Northern Gulf of California, Mexico
  • capture in fishermen's gillnets
Picea neoveitchiiType of spruce treePlant (tree)Qinling Range, ChinaUnknown
  • destruction of forest
Pinus squamataQiaojia pinePlant (tree)Qiaojia, Yunnan, China
  • limited distribution
  • small population size
Poecilotheria metallicaGooty tarantula, metallic tarantula, peacock parachute spider, peacock tarantula, SalepurguSpiderNandyal and Giddalur, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaUnknown
  • deforestation
  • firewood collection
  • civil unrest
Pomarea whitneyiFatuhiva MonarchBirdFatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia50
  • predation by introduced species -Rattus rattusand feral cats
Pristis pristisCommon sawfishFishCoastal tropical and subtropical waters of Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Currently largely restricted to northern AustraliaUnknown
  • exploitation has removed the species from 95 per cent of its historical range
Prolemur simusGreater bamboo lemurMammal (primate)Southeastern and southcentral rainforests of Madagascar100160
  • agriculture
  • mining
  • illegal logging
Propithecus candidusSilky sifakaMammal (primate)Maroantsetra to Andapa basin, and Marojeju Massif, Madagascar1001,000
  • hunting
  • habitat disturbance
Psammobates geometricusGeometric tortoiseReptile (tortoise)Western Cape Province, South AfricaUnknown
  • loss of habitat destruction
  • predation
Pseudoryx nghetinhensisSaolaMammalAnnamite mountains, on the Viet Nam - PDR Laos borderUnknown
  • habitat destruction
  • hunting
Psiadia cataractaePlantMauritiusUnknown
  • development project
  • competition from invasive plant species
Psorodonotus ebneriBeydaglari bush-cricketInsectBeydaglari range, Antalaya, TurkeyUnknown
  • climate change
  • habitat loss
Rafetus swinhoeiRed River giant softshell turtleReptile (turtle)Hoan Kiem Lake and Dong Mo Lake, Viet Nam, and Suzhou Zoo, China4
  • hunting for consumption
  • wetland destruction
  • pollution
Rhinoceros sondaicusJavan rhinoMammal (rhino)Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, Indonesia
  • hunting for traditional medicine
  • small population size
Rhinopithecus avunculusTonkin snub-nosed monkeyMammal (primate)Northeastern Viet Nam
  • habitat loss
  • hunting
Rhizanthella gardneriWest Australian underground orchidPlant (orchid)Western Australia, Australia
  • land clearance for agriculture
  • climate change
  • salinisation
Rhynchocyonsp.Boni giant sengiMammal (shrew)Boni-Dodori Forest, Lamu area, KenyaUnknown
  • development causing habitat loss
Risiocnemis seidenschwarziCebu frill-wing (damselfly)Insect (damselfly)Rivulet beside the Kawasan River, Cebu, PhilippinesUnknown
  • habitat degradation and destruction
Rosa arabicaPlantSt Katherine Mountains, EgyptUnknown, 10 sub-populations
  • domestic animal grazing
  • climate change and drought
  • medicinal plant collecting
  • limited range
Salanoia durrelliDurrells vontsira(type of mongoose)MammalMarshes of Lake Alaotra, MadagascarUnknown
  • loss of habitat
Santamartamys rufodorsalisRed crested tree ratMammal (rodent)Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, ColombiaUnknown
  • urban development
  • coffee cultivation
Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnisRed-finned Blue-eyeFishEdgbaston Station, central western Queensland, Australia2,000-4,000
  • predation by introduced species
Squatina squatinaAngel sharkFish (shark)Canary IslandsUnknown
  • benthic trawling
Sterna bernsteiniChinese Crested TernBirdBreeding in Zhejiang and Fujian, China. Outside breeding season in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand.
  • habitat destruction
  • egg collection
Sygnathus watermeyeriEstuarine pipefishFishKariega Estuary to East Kleinemonde Estuary, Eastern Cape Province, South AfricaUnknown
  • dam construction is altering river flows
  • flood events into estuaries
Tahina spectabilisSuicide PalmDimakaPlantAnalalava district, north-western Madagascar90
  • fires
  • logging
  • agricultural developments
Telmatobufo bullockiBullocks false toadAmphibian (frog)Nahuelbuta, Arauco Province, ChileUnknown
  • construction of hydro-electricity
Tokudaia muenninkiOkinawa spiny ratMammal (rodent)Okinawa Island, JapanUnknown
  • habitat loss
  • predation by feral cats
Trigonostigma somphongsiSomphongss rasboraFishMae Khlong basin, ThailandUnknown
  • farmland conversion and urbanization
Valencia letourneuxiFishSouthern Albania and Western GreeceUnknown
  • habitat destruction
  • water abstraction
  • aggressive interaction withGambusia
Voanioala gerardiiForest coconutPlantMasoala peninsula, Madagascar
  • deforestation
  • harvesting for consumption of palm heart
Zaglossus attenboroughiAttenboroughs echidnaMammalCyclops Mountains, Papua Province, IndonesiaUnknown
  • habitat modification and degradation
  • logging
  • agricultural encroachment shifting cultivation and hunting by local people
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