Critically endangered

Critically Endangered Species

1Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

A North American bird so endangered it may actually be extinct

2Amur Leopard

The world’s rarest cat: Only 40 left in Russia’s Far East

3Javan Rhinoceros

No more than 60 of these swamp-dwelling Asian rhinos exist

4Greater Bamboo Lemur

Here’s the scarcest of Madagascar’s fast-dwindling lemur species

5Northern Right Whale

Hunted to near extinction, 350 right whales still swim the Atlantic

6Western Lowland Gorilla

Disease and illegal hunting are taking an alarming toll on this gentle giant of a primate

7Leatherback Sea Turtle

The population of the world’s largest turtle is dropping at an alarming rate

8Siberian (or Amur) Tiger

The world’s biggest cat weighs as much as 300 kilos (660 pounds)

9Chinese Giant Salamander

Humans are eating the world’s largest amphibian into extinction

10Kakapo Parrot

So few of these flightless parrots remain that the survivors all have names



 

Mountain Gorilla

Their habitat is shrinking, and fewer than 700 remain

 

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