Threatened Species

A Concerted Effort

Our animals below are classified as Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, or Extinct in the Wild by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Near Threatened

  • Branch-capped coral (Euphyllia divisa)
  • Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)
  • Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata)
  • Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
  • Ball python (Python regius)
  • Greater rhea (Rhea americana)
  • Marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
  • Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
  • Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
  • Luzon bleeding-heart dove (Gallicolumba luzonica)
  • Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)
  • Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea)
  • Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
  • Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
  • Southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
  • African straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum)
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca)
  • Plains zebra (Equus quagga)

Vulnerable

  • Lake Victoria cichlid (Haplochromis piceatus)
  • Cichlid (Pseudotropheus flavus)
  • Cichlid (Pseudotropheus saulosi)
  • California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)
  • Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina)
  • Yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulata)
  • African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)
  • King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
  • Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
  • Rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis)
  • Northern helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi)
  • Crested wood partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
  • West African black crowned-crane (Balearica pavonina)
  • Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
  • Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
  • Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
  • Southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
  • Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
  • African lion (Panthera leo)
  • Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
  • Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Endangered

  • Mexican fireleg tarantula (Brachypelma boehmei)
  • Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
  • Brown ghost knifefish (Apteronotus leptorhynchus)
  • Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)
  • Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
  • Fly River turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
  • Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi)
  • East African grey crowned-crane (Balearica regulorum)
  • Whooping crane (Grus americana)
  • Waldrapp ibis (Geronticus eremita)
  • Red siskin (Spinus cucullatus)
  • African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
  • Black-handed spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
  • Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)
  • Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
  • Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
  • Red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani)
  • Central American tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
  • Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata)
  • Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah)

Critically Endangered

  • Northern spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)
  • Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
  • Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)
  • Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)
  • Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
  • Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
  • Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
  • Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
  • Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)
  • Eastern bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci)

Extinct in the Wild

  • Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)