Critically endangered species

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

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, 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. Critically endangered means that a species numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations.

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.

Mammalia

Pilosa

Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus)

Odd-toed ungulates

African Wild Ass (Equus africanus)
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)

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)
Wisent or European Bison (Bison Bonasus)

Cetacea

Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Baiji (Lepotes Vexillifer)
Hector's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)

Carnivores

Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)
Darwin's Fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes)
Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
Malabar civet (Viverra civettina)
Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
Red wolf (Canis rufus)
Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica)

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 (Mirimiri acrodonta) - formerly in Pteralopex
Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex anceps)
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex atrata)
Montane monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex pulchra)
Aldabra Flying Fox (Pteropus aldabrensis)
Pteropus insularis
Pteropus livingstonii
Pteropus molossinus
Pteropus phaecocephalus
Pteropus pselaphon
Pteropus rodricensis
Rhinolophus convexus
Rhinolophus hilli
Scotophilus borboniscus
Taphozous troughtoni

Primates

Blue-eyed Black Lemur Eulemur macaco flavifrons
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)
Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)
Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
Mentawai macaque (Macaca pagensis)
Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda)
Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelli)
Eastern Red Colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus)
Golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus)
Silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch)
Black-faced lion tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara)
Black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)
Eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)

Lagomorphs

Riverine rabbit (Bunolagus monticularuis)
Sumatran Rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri)
Omilteme cottontail (Sylvilagus insonus)
Helan Shan Pika (Ochotona argentata)
(Ochotona pallasi hamica)
(Ochotona thibetana sikimaria)

Marsupials

Bolivian Gracile Opossum (Gracilianus aceramarcae)
Anderson's Mouse Opossum (Marmosa andersoni)
Handley's Slender Mouse Opossum (Marmosops handleyi)
Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)
Gilbert's Potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)

Seals

Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)

Insectivores

Hantu Water Shrew (Chimarrogale hantu)
Sumatran Water Shrew (Chimarrogale 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)
Small-toothed Mole (Euroscaptor parvidens)
Dwarf Gymnure (Hylomys parvus)
Tree Shrew Tenrec (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)

Crocodilians

Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)
Indian Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
Philippine Crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)

Fish

Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
Coelacanth
Common sawfish (Pristis pristis)
Daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus)
Dumb gulper shark (Centrophorus harrissoni)
Dwarf sawfish also called Queensland sawfish (Pristis clavata)
Dwarf loach (Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki)
Dwarf pygmy goby (Pandaka pygmaea)
Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
Giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)
Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara)
Knifetooth sawfish also called pointed sawfish, (Anoxypristis cuspidata)
Large-tooth sawfish (Pristis microdon)
Longcomb sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas)
Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
Smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata)
Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
Angelshark (Squatina squatina)
Striped smooth-hound (Mustelus fasciatus)
Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi)

Fungi

Boreal Felt Lichen (Erioderma pedicellatum)
Pleurotus nebrodensis

Birds

Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus)
Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii)
Chatham Island Shag (Phalacrocorax onslowi)
Christmas Island frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
Jamaican Pauraque (Siphonorhis americana)
Junín Grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii)
Magdalena Tinamou (Crypturellus saltuarius)
New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles savesi)
Okarito Brown Kiwi (Apteryx rowi)
Puerto Rican Nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus)
Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Sulu Hornbill (Anthracoceros montani)
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx viridis)
Tuamoto Kingfisher (Todiramphus gambieri)
Writhed-billed Hornbill (Aceros waldeni)

Anseriformes

Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus)
Campbell Island Teal (Anas nesiotis)
Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)
Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata)
Pink-headed Duck (Netta caryophyllacea)

Apodiformes

Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia castaneiventris)
Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina)
Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae)
Purple-backed Sunbeam (Aglaeactis aliciae)
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird (Lepidopyga lilliae)
Short-crested Coquette (Lophornis brachylophus)

Charadriiformes

Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)
Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)
Javanese Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus)
Jerdon's Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus)
Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris)
Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius)
St Helena Plover (Charadrius sanctaehelenae)

Ciconiiformes

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
Dwarf Olive Ibis (Bostrychia bocagei)
Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea)
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
White-bellied Heron (Ardea insignis)
White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)

Columbiformes

Blue-eyed Ground-dove (Columbina cyanopis)
Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi)
Marquesan Imperial Pigeon (Ducula galeata)
Mindoro Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba platenae)
Negros Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba keayi)
Negros Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus arcanus)
Polynesian Ground-dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera)
Purple-winged Ground Dove (Claravis godefrida)
Silvery Pigeon (Columba argentina)
Sulu Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei)

Falconiformes

Cuban Kite (Chondrohierax wilsonii)
Indian Vulture (Gyps indicus)
Madagascar Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides)
Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)
Ridgway's Hawk (Buteo ridgwayi)
Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)
White-collared Kite (Leptodon forbesi)
White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

Galliformes

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

Gruiformes

Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
Makira Moorhen (Gallinula silvestris)
New Caledonian Rail (Gallirallus lafresnayanus)
Samoan Moorhen (Gallinula pacifica)
Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus)

Passeriformes

'Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi)
'Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei)
Alagoas Antwren (Myrmotherula snowi)
Alagoas Foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi)
Araripe Manakin (Antilophia bokermanni)
Archer's Lark (Heteromirafra archeri)
Azores Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina)
Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)
Bahia Tapaculo (Scytalopus psychopompus)
Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi)
Banggai Crow (Corvus unicolor)
Belding's Yellowthroat (Geothlypis beldingi)
Black-chinned Monarch (Monarcha boanensis)
Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi)
Bulo Burti Boubou (Laniarius liberatus)
Caerulean Paradise-flycatcher (Eutrichomyias rowleyi)
Carrizal Seedeater (Amaurospiza carrizalensis)
Cebu Flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor)
Cherry-throated Tanager (Nemosia roure)
Cone-billed Tanager (Conothraupis mesoleuca)
Cozumel Thrasher )Toxostoma guttatum)
Entre Ríos Seedeater (Sporophila zelichi)
Faichuk White-eye (Rukia ruki)
Fatuhiva Monarch (Pomarea whitneyi)
Golden White-eye (Cleptornis marchei)
Guadalupe Junco (Junco insularis)
Gurney's Pitta (Pitta gurneyi)
Hooded Seedeater (Sporophila melanops)
Iquitos Gnatcatcher (Polioptila clementsi)
Isabela Oriole (Oriolus isabellae)
Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi)
Kinglet Calyptura (Calyptura cristata)
Liberian Greenbul (Phyllastrephus leucolepis)
Long-billed Tailorbird (Apalis moreaui)
Mangrove Finch (Camarhynchus heliobates)
Masafuera Rayadito (Aphrastura masafuerae)
Mauritius Fody (Foudia rubra)
Mauritius Olive White-eye (Zosterops chloronothus)
Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris)
Minas Gerais Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes roquettei)
Montserrat Oriole (Icterus oberi)
Munchique Wood-wren (Henicorhina negreti)
Niceforo's Wren (Thryothorus nicefori)
Nihoa Finch (Telespiza ultima)
Nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus)
O'ahu 'Alauahio (Paroreomyza maculata)
Oloma'o (Myadestes lanaiensis)
Pale-headed Brush-finch (Atlapetes pallidiceps)
Pohnpei Starling (Aplonis pelzelni)
Poʻo-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma)
Puaiohi (Myadestes palmeri)
Raso Lark (Alauda razae)
Restinga Antwren (Formicivora littoralis)
Rio de Janeiro Antwren (Myrmotherula fluminensis)
Rondônia Bushbird (Clytoctantes atrogularis)
Rota Bridled White-eye (Zosterops rotensis)
Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae)
Rueck's Blue-flycatcher (Cyornis ruckii)
Sangihe Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla sanghirensis)
Sangihe White-eye (Zosterops nehrkorni)
São Tomé Fiscal (Lanius newtoni)
São Tomé Grosbeak (Neospiza concolor)
Semper's Warbler (Leucopeza semperi)
Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina)
Socorro Mockingbird (Mimodes graysoni)
Somali Thrush (Turdus ludoviciae)
Stresemann's Bristlefront (Merulaxis stresemanni)
Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)
Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis)
Taita Thrush (Turdus helleri)
Uluguru Bushshrike (Malaconotus alius)
White-chested White-eye (Zosterops albogularis)
White-eyed River-martin (Eurochelidon sirintarae)

Piciformes

Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis)
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
Kaempfer's Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni)
Okinawa Woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii)

Procellariiformes

Amsterdam Albatross (Diomedea amsterdamensis)
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
Beck's Petrel (Pseudobulweria becki)
Chatham Albatross (Thalassarche eremita)
Chatham Petrel (Pterodroma axillaris)
Fiji Petrel (Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi)
Galápagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia)
Guadalupe Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma macrodactyla)
Jamaica Petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea)
Magenta Petrel (Pterodroma magentae)
Mascarene Petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima)
New Zealand Storm-petrel (Oceanites maorianus)
Townsend's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis)
Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata)

Psittaciformes

Blue-fronted Lorikeet (Charmosyna toxopei)
Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis; previously Ara caninde)
Citron-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata)
Fuertes's Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi)
Glaucous Macaw, (Anodorhynchus glaucus)
Grey-breasted Parakeet (Pyrrhura griseipectus)
Indigo-winged Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi)
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)
Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari)
Malherbe's Parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi)
New Caledonian Lorikeet (Charmosyna diadema)
Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)
Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster)
Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata)
Red-throated Lorikeet (Charmosyna amabilis)
Red-vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)
Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii)
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis)

Strigiformes

Anjouan Scops Owl (Otus capnodes)
Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti)
Grand Comoro Scops-owl (Otus pauliani)
Moheli Scops Owl (Otus moheliensis)
Pernambuco Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium mooreorum)
Siau Scops Owl (Otus siaoensis)

Trochiliformes

Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis)
Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis)
Juan Fernández Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis)
Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae)

See also

References

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