The Top 20 Endangered Species to Know About

Are you a fan of fascinating creatures big and small? Do you enjoy exploring the astonishing wildlife that roam our planet? Today, we bring you the top 20 endangered species that are in critical need of your attention and support.

1. Amur Leopard

This species is the rarest of all big cats, with fewer than 100 left in the wild. These amazing creatures inhabit the Russian Far East and Northeast China. Their greatest threat is habitat loss due to logging and development.

2. Black Rhino

Africa’s most critically endangered large mammal, poachers have been illegally hunting these animals for their horns, which has led to a catastrophic population decline.

3. Cross River Gorilla

With fewer than 300 individuals left in the wild, the Cross River gorilla is one of the most endangered subspecies of gorillas in the world. Habitat loss and poaching are major threats to this intelligent primate.

4. Hawksbill Turtle

This ocean reptile is one of the most highly sought-after turtles in the illegal wildlife trade, that use their shells to make jewelry and ornamental items.

5. Vaquita

The world’s smallest cetacean, reproduces infrequently, making recovery difficult. A major threat is bycatch from fishing practices in their only known habitat, the Gulf of California.

6. Sumatran Elephant

With only 2,800 individuals left, habitat loss and conversion for agriculture as well as conflict with humans pose major threats to this elephant subspecies.

7. Mountain Gorilla

Less than 1,000 animals are left in the mountain forests of central Africa. Habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict have brought this subspecies to the brink of extinction.

8. Pacific Walrus

Warming temperatures that lead to loss of sea ice, severely impact the walrus who depends on this environment to forage and rest.

9. Red Panda

The cutest animal on our list, Red Pandas are sought for their beautiful fur, traditional medicine usage and loss of habitat has led to their population becoming extinct in areas where they used to flourish.

10. Saola

Commonly called the ‘Asian Unicorn’ due to its elusiveness in sighting, is endemic to Vietnam in the Annamite mountain range and is highly threatened by habitat loss and illegal hunting.

11. Javan Rhino

Habitat loss and illegal hunting for its horn have driven the Javan Rhino to the brink of extinction with only around 72 of the animal remaining.

12. Seychelles Frog

The amphibian that has been declared extinct since 170 years have recently been rediscovered, thus still facing damage to their habitat whilst trying to abundantly rejuvenate population.

13. Southern Resident Orca

Food inaccessibility to reproductive Southern Resident Orca population who rely on salmon has minimised population possibly leading deaths of their newborns itself.

14. Indus River Shark

With the disparity to the cooling effect on the waters, waste in human population and intensive and non targeted fishing threatened this orca population.

15. Green Chameleon

Active destruction of the Rainforests in under the Impenetrable national park, suboptimal soil fertility lesser time spent study on other vital plants pretty soon may halt the population.

16. Siberian Tiger

The genetically Modified Soy crop allows the amorous humans to wreak havoc on its natural ecosystem has stopped this tiger population who move daily across the transboundary range to be significant in size.

17. Pangolin/Tatu

China and Vietnam’s non-nonsensical demand for its meat and medicinal purposes has skyrocketed the mortality rate in Animal trafficking Society, warranting attention from worldwide.

18. Gharial

Insufficient maturity of individuals for incapable individuals’ lead to easy accessibility invasive also lead to social breeding wherein resistance abilities become vulnerable. The increase in humans and River engineering projects are escalating the vulnerability of this creature.

19. Frontier Malaysia Borneo Mammals

Development forest, impending delinquency brought on by capitalism destructive impact at granular levels dwindled The Frontier Malaysian Borneo Population.

20. African Wild Dog

Steadily losing the battle to Human hunting and ranching which curtails fox habitats extends in conversion of untamed wildlife into agricultural land, uninterrupted growth of human populations without proper approaches disinable transition of wildlife reserves.

In conclusion, the diversity of these creatures and the ecosystems they inhabit are far too precious to lose. As human beings, it’s our responsibility to do what we can to help protect them from imminent danger and extinction.