Endangered Animals List 2020

The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction.

Endangered animals list 2020. Tech companies remove or block more than 116 million listings for prohibited and endangered species. Here is a list of the 12 most critically endangered animals whose time is running out. Our list of critically endangered animals in the world cannot be complete without tigers.

At the time of writing June 2020 there are only around 150 to 180 adult Cross River Gorillas left in the wild. Three out of four are Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Members of the big cat family tigers are globally listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

There are between 200 and 2000 extinctions every year. The data suggests the growing number of endangered species by year is nothing to scoff at. Table 7 2007-2020 - Species changing IUCN Red List Category each year between 2007 and 2020 zip file containing separate tables for each year.

At least 37 of these endangered species would become extinct by the year 2050. A list of endangered animals is not just about famous animals such as tigers and elephants. In 2020 19518 flowering plants were considered to be threatened species.

Other lesser-known species are also facing extinction. Szmigiera Mar 30 2021. The IUCN is the organization that monitors the conservation status and other ecological metrics for the worlds plants and animals.

The irrawaddy dolphin is classed as endangered by the icun and its little wonder. The thick creamy coat covered with spots all over. Note that in 2007 Table 7 included species that were removed from the Red List for taxonomic reasons and in 2008 Table 7.