Endangered Animals Facts

4. Primates found only in Madagascar, facing habitat loss and degradation.
5. Toed Sloth: Pygmy species critically endangered due to human activity, hunting, and deforestation.
6. Rhino: Critically endangered with an estimated 3,142 individuals remaining.
9. Fronted Macaw: Native to Bolivia, critically endangered with 134-272 individuals remaining.
11. Forest Elephant: Faces threats of poaching, habitat loss, and human conflict.
13. Critically endangered due to illegal trade and habitat loss.
14. Atlantic Right Whale: Only about 350 individuals left, including 70 calving-age females.
15. Rhino: Critically endangered due to poaching and illegal trade of their parts.
17. Only 18 estimated individuals remaining, living in the Gulf of California.

1. Head Shark: Critically endangered due to overfishing and bycatch.
2. Two species, both critically endangered, with eastern species estimated at 2,600 individuals.
3. Faces threats from hunting, fires, and habitat destruction due to palm oil plantations.
4. Are critically endangered due to habitat loss, poaching, and inbreeding.
6. Turtle: Critically endangered species include Pan’s box turtle and McCord’s box turtle.
7. Only about 116 individuals left in southwestern New Zealand.
8. Spider Monkey: Population numbers are unknown, but they face threats of hunting and habitat loss.
10. Also called the spindlehorn or Asian unicorn, native to Vietnam and Laos.
12. White Rhino: Possibly extinct in the wild with 0-2 individuals left.
16. Leopard: Around 100 individuals remaining, most living in the Russian Land of the Leopard protected area.