Whether due to human hunting or natural forces there is a number of animal species who are in danger of extinction. Those who value them might want to contribute to protecting them from extinction. Here’s the list of endangered species.
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Name | Home Range | |||||||
Lowland Anoa | Indonesia | ||||||||
Mountain Anoa | Indonesia | ||||||||
Giant Sable Antelope | Angus | ||||||||
Argali | Eurasia | ||||||||
Pink Fairy Armadillo | Argentina | ||||||||
African Wild Ass | Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia | ||||||||
Asian Wild Ass (Onager) | Southwestern and Central Asia | ||||||||
Avahi (Woolly lemur) | Malagasy Republic | ||||||||
Aye-aye | Malagasy Republic | ||||||||
Babirusa | Indonesia | ||||||||
Gelada | Ethiopia | ||||||||
Western Barred | Australia | ||||||||
Desert Bandicoot | Australia | ||||||||
Lesser Rabbit Bandicoot (Lesser Bilby) | Australia | ||||||||
Pig-footed Bandicoot | Australia | ||||||||
Rabbit Bandicoot (Bilby) | Australia | ||||||||
Banteng | Southeast Asia | ||||||||
Bulmer’s fruit bat (flying fox) | Papua New Guinea | ||||||||
Bumblebee Bat | Thailand | ||||||||
Gray Bat | Central and southeastern U.S. | ||||||||
Hawaiian Hoary Bat | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Indiana bat | Eastern and Midwestern U.S. | ||||||||
Lesser Long-nosed Bat | (AZ, NM), Mexico, Central America | ||||||||
(AZ, NM), Mexico, Central America | Western Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
Mariana Fruit Bat (Mariana flying fox) | Western Pacific Ocean, U.S. (GU, MP) | ||||||||
Ozark Big-eared Bat | U.S. (MO, OK, AR) | ||||||||
Rodrigues Fruit Bat (Flying Fox) | , Rodrigues Island | ||||||||
Singapore Roundleaf Horseshoe Bat | Malaysia | ||||||||
Virginia Big-eared Bat | U.S. | ||||||||
American Black Bear | North America | ||||||||
Baluchistan Bear | Iran, Pakistan | ||||||||
Brown Bear | Palearctic | ||||||||
Blue Bear | China (Tibet) | ||||||||
Mexican Grizzly Bear | Holarctic | ||||||||
Beaver | Mongolia | ||||||||
Wood Bison | Canada, northwestern U.S.A | ||||||||
Mexican Bobcat | Central Mexico | ||||||||
Bontebok | South Africa | ||||||||
Bactrian Camel | Mongolia, China | ||||||||
Woodland Caribou (Reindeer) | U.S. (AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, VT, WA, WI), Canada | ||||||||
Andean Mountain Cat | Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina | ||||||||
Asian Golden Cat (Temmnick’s) | Nepal, China, Southeast Asia, Indonesia (Sumatra) | ||||||||
Black-footed Cat | Southern Africa | ||||||||
Flat-headed Cat | Malaysia, Indonesia | ||||||||
Iriomote Cat | Japan (Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands) | ||||||||
Leopard Cat | India, Southeast Asia | ||||||||
Marbled Cat | Nepal, Southeast Asia, Indonesia | ||||||||
Pakistan Sand Cat | Pakistan | ||||||||
Oncilla | Costa Rica to northern Argentina | ||||||||
Apennine Chamois | Italy | ||||||||
Cheetah | Africa to India | ||||||||
Common Chimpanzee | Africa | ||||||||
Bonobo | Zaire | ||||||||
Chinchilla | Bolivia | ||||||||
Malabar Large-spotted Civet | India | ||||||||
South China sika deer | Mexico | ||||||||
Swamp deer | Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | ||||||||
Visayan deer | Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria | ||||||||
Yarkand deer | Philippines | ||||||||
Dhole | Mexico (Cedros Island) | ||||||||
Dibbler | U.S. (WA, OR) | ||||||||
African wild dog | Corsica, Sardinia | ||||||||
Chinese River dolphin | India to Southeast Asia | ||||||||
Indus River dolphin | Taiwan | ||||||||
Drill | Thailand, Indochina | ||||||||
Dugong | U.S. (Florida) | ||||||||
Jentink’s duiker | Indonesia | ||||||||
Western giant eland | Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil | ||||||||
African elephant | China (Sinkiang, Tibet) | ||||||||
Asian elephant | Central and eastern Asia | ||||||||
Black-footed ferret | China (Shantung and Chihli Provinces) | ||||||||
Northern swift fox | Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay | ||||||||
San Joaquin kit fox | Iraq, Iran | ||||||||
San Miguel Island fox | Japan (Ryukyu Islands) | ||||||||
Santa Catalina Island fox | China (Shansi Province) | ||||||||
Santa Cruz Island fox | Southern China | ||||||||
Dwarf Hutia | India, Nepal | ||||||||
Large-eared Hutia | Philippines | ||||||||
Little earth hutia | China (Sinkiang) | ||||||||
Barbary hyena | C.I.S., Korea, China, India, Southeast Asia | ||||||||
Brown hyena | Australia | ||||||||
Pyrenean ibex | Sub-Saharan Africa | ||||||||
Walia Ibex | China | ||||||||
Black-faced impala | Pakistan (Indus River and tributaries) | ||||||||
Indri | Equatorial West Africa | ||||||||
Jaguar | East Africa | ||||||||
Guatemalan jaguarundi | Sierra Leone, Liberia | ||||||||
Gulf Coast Jaguarundi | Senegal | ||||||||
Panamanian Jaguarundi | Africa | ||||||||
Sinaloan Jaguarundi | South-central and southeastern Asia | ||||||||
Fresno Kangaroo Rat | Western U.S., western Canada | ||||||||
Giant kangaroo rat | U.S. | ||||||||
Morro Bay kangaroo rat | U.S. (CA) | ||||||||
San Bernardino Merriam’s | U.S. (CA) | ||||||||
Stephens’ kangaroo rat | U.S. (CA) | ||||||||
Tipton kangaroo rat | U.S. (CA) | ||||||||
Tasmanian forester kangaroo | U.S. (CA) | ||||||||
Koala | Ethiopia | ||||||||
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Hawaii Akepa (honeycreeper) | U.S. | ||||||||
Maui Akepa (honeycreeper) | U.S. | ||||||||
Kauai Akialoa (honeycreeper) | U.S. | ||||||||
Akiapola`au (honeycreeper) | U.S. | ||||||||
Amsterdam Albatross | Indian Ocean | ||||||||
Short-tailed Albatross | Short-tailed Albatross | ||||||||
Thyolo Alethe | Malawi, Mozambique | ||||||||
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | U.S. | ||||||||
Masked Bobwhite (quail) | U.S. (AZ), Mexico | ||||||||
Abbott’s Booby | Indian Ocean | ||||||||
Western Bristlebird | Australia | ||||||||
Western Rufous Bristlebird | Australia | ||||||||
Mauritius Olivaceous Bulbul | Indian Ocean – Mauritius | ||||||||
Sao Miguel Bullfinch | Eastern Atlantic Ocean – Azores | ||||||||
Ulugura Bush-shrike | Tanzania | ||||||||
New Zealand Bushwren | New Zealand | ||||||||
Great Indian Bustard | India, Pakistan | ||||||||
Cahow | North Atlantic Ocean – Bermuda | ||||||||
Audubon’s Crested Caracara | U.S. (AZ, Florida, LA | ||||||||
Andean Condor | Colombia | ||||||||
California Condor | U.S. (AZ, CA, OR) | ||||||||
Hawaiian Coot | U.S. | ||||||||
Banded Cotinga | Brazil | ||||||||
White-winged Cotinga | Brazil | ||||||||
Black-necked Crane | China (Tibet) | ||||||||
Cuba Sandhill Crane | West Indies – Cuba | ||||||||
Hooded Crane | Japan, Russia | ||||||||
Japanese Crane | China, Japan, Korea | ||||||||
Mississippi Sandhill Crane | U.S. (MS) | ||||||||
Siberian White Crane | C.I.S. (Siberia) | ||||||||
White-naped Crane | Mongolia | ||||||||
Whooping Crane | Canada, U.S. | ||||||||
Hawaii Creeper | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Molokai Creeper | U.S. | ||||||||
Oahu Creeper | U.S. | ||||||||
Hawaiian Crow | U.S. | ||||||||
Mariana Crow | Western Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
White-necked Crow | U.S. | ||||||||
Mauritius Cuckoo-shrike | Indian Ocean – Mauritius | ||||||||
Reunion Cuckoo-shrike | Indian Ocean | ||||||||
Razor-billed Curassow | Brazil (Eastern) | ||||||||
Red-billed Curassow | Brazil | ||||||||
Trinidad White-headed Curassow | West Indies – Trinidad | ||||||||
Eskimo Curlew | Alaska | ||||||||
Dove, cloven-feathered | Southwest Pacific Ocean – New Caledonia | ||||||||
Dove, Grenada gray-fronted | West Indies | ||||||||
Hawaiian Duck | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Laysan Duck | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Pink-headed Duck | India | ||||||||
White-winged Wood Duck | India, Malaysia | ||||||||
Bald eagle | North America | ||||||||
Greenland white-tailed eagle | Greenland and adjacent Atlantic islands | ||||||||
Harpy eagle | Mexico south to Argentina | ||||||||
Madagascar sea eagle | Madagascar | ||||||||
Madagascar Serpent Eagle | Madagascar | ||||||||
Philippine eagle | Philippines | ||||||||
Spanish Imperial Eagle | Spain, Morocco | ||||||||
Chinese egret | China, Korea | ||||||||
Spectacled eider | U.S. (AK) | ||||||||
Steller’s eider | U.S. (AK), Russia | ||||||||
Oahu elepaio | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Eurasian peregrine falcon | Europe, Eurasia | ||||||||
Northern aplomado falcon | U.S. | ||||||||
Laysan finch (honeycreeper) | U.S. | ||||||||
Nihoa Finch (honeycreeper) | U.S. | ||||||||
Euler’s flycatcher | West Indies | ||||||||
Seychelles paradise flycatcher | Indian Ocean | ||||||||
Southwestern willow flycatcher | U.S. (AZ, CA, CO) | ||||||||
Tahiti flycatcher | South Pacific Ocean – Tahiti | ||||||||
Mauritius fody | Indian Ocean – Mauritius | ||||||||
Rodrigues fody | Indian Ocean – Rodrigues Island | ||||||||
Seychelles Fody (weaver-finch) | Indian Ocean – Seychelles | ||||||||
Djibouti Francolin | Djibouti | ||||||||
Freira | Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||
Andrew’s frigatebird | East Indian Ocean | ||||||||
Coastal California gnatcatcher | U.S. (CA), Mexico | ||||||||
Hawaiian goose | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Christmas Island goshawk | Indian Ocean – Christmas Island | ||||||||
Slender-billed grackle | Mexico | ||||||||
Eyrean Grasswren (flycatcher) | Australia | ||||||||
Alaotra grebe | Madagascar | ||||||||
Nordmann’s Greenshank | Russia, Japan | ||||||||
Horned guan | Guatemala, Mexico | ||||||||
White-winged Guan | Peru | ||||||||
White-breasted Guineafowl | West Africa | ||||||||
Audouin’s gull | Mediterranean Sea | ||||||||
Relict gull | India, China | ||||||||
Galapagos hawk | Ecuador | ||||||||
Hawaiian hawk (‘lo) | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk | U.S. (PR) | ||||||||
Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk | U.S. (PR) | ||||||||
Hook-billed Hermit (hummingbird) | Brazil | ||||||||
Crested honeycreeper | U.S. (HI) | ||||||||
Helmeted Honeyeater | Australia | ||||||||
Helmeted Hornbill | Thailand, Malaysia | ||||||||
Japanese Crested Ibis | China, Japan | ||||||||
Northern Bald Ibis | Southern Europe | ||||||||
Florida Scrub-Jay | U.S. (Florida) | ||||||||
Kagu | South Pacific Ocean – New Caledonia |