how many animals are in the endangered species list?
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THE PLIGHT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES: There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List, and 16,306 of them are endangered species threatened with extinction. This is up from 16,118 last year. This includes both endangered animals and endangered plants.
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['Vaquita. The vaquita is both the smallest and the most endangered marine mammal in the world.', "Amur Leopard. Unfortunately, Amur leopards are one of the world's most endangered big cats. ... ", 'Kakapo. ... ', 'Gharial. ... ', 'Tooth-billed pigeon. ... ', 'North Atlantic right whale. ... ', 'Saola. ... ', 'Sea turtles. ... ']
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While the species is considered vulnerable, five of its many subpopulations are critically endangered. Another example is the common bottlenose dolphin. It's classified under Least Concern but one of its subspecies is endangered.
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As of July 2016, Florida had 124 species—87 endangered species and 37 threatened species—listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). Of these, 64 were animal species and 60 were plant species.
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There are eighteen different types of penguin species all together. Thirteen of these are classified as vulnerable, near threatened or endangered.
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An endangered species is a species (a population) of animals, plants or other organisms that is in danger of becoming extinct. This could happen because there are few of that animal left, its predators have grown in number, or the climate that it lives in is changing, or the places it lives in have been destroyed.
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Around the world, big cats are among the most recognized and admired animals, at the top of the food chain. Yet all seven species are listed as Threatened or Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, with the tiger categorized as Endangered.
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Under the Endangered Species Act, 22 coral species are listed as threatened, and three are listed as endangered. The primary threats to coral reefs are climate change, pollution, and impacts from unsustainable fishing.
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There are about 300 species of Australian animals that are endangered. This means that these animals may disappear from the face of the Earth forever. Humans are directly responsible for most recent extinctions.
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['Amphibians — List of least concern amphibians.', 'Birds — List of least concern birds.', 'Fish — List of least concern fishes.', 'Invertebrates — List of least concern invertebrates. Arthropods — List of least concern arthropods. ... ', 'Mammals — List of least concern mammals.', 'Reptiles — List of least concern reptiles.']
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It divides species into nine categories: Not Evaluated, Data Deficient, Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild and Extinct.
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Canada's Endangered Species. 256 Canadian species are listed by the Scientific Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as being extinct, extirpated, endangered, threatened and vulnerable. The list only includes Canada's vertebrate and vascular plant species and was released in April 1994.
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More than 27,000 species worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation and Nature. DW looks at some of the critically endangered Asian species, whose survival is at risk.
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According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the list of endangered shark species is surprisingly long; among approximately 470 species of sharks, 2.4% are listed as 'Critically Endangered', 3.2% 'Endangered', 10.3% 'Vulnerable', and 14.4% 'Near Threatened'.
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Endangered Species. An endangered species is an animal or plant that's considered at risk of extinction. A species can be listed as endangered at the state, federal, and international level. On the federal level, the endangered species list is managed under the Endangered Species Act.
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IUCN The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. It uses a set of quantitative criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of thousands of species.
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In 2012, the IUCN Red List featured 3079 animals and 2655 plants as endangered worldwide.