The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission has issued its first ever list of what it considers the 100 most threatened species of animals, plants and fungi on the planet. The full list is below, including the scientific and common names (if one exists) of each species:
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
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Abies beshanzuensis |
Baishan Fir |
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Actinote zikani |
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Aipysurus foliosquama |
Leaf scaled sea-snake |
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Amanipodagrion gilliesi |
Amani Flatwing |
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Antilophia bokermanni |
Araripe Manakin |
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Antisolabis seychellensis |
Seychelles earwig |
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Aphanius transgrediens |
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Aproteles bulmerae |
Bulmer's Fruit Bat |
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Ardea insignis |
White bellied heron |
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Ardeotis nigriceps |
Great Indian Bustard |
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Astrochelys yniphora |
Ploughshare tortoise / angonoka |
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Atelopus balios |
Rio pescado stubfoot toad |
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Aythya innotata |
Madagascar Pochard |
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Azurina eupalama |
Galapagos damsel fish |
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Bahaba taipingensis |
Giant yellow croaker |
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Batagur baska |
Common Batagur/ Four-toed terrapin |
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Bazzania bhutanica |
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Beatragus hunteri |
Hirola |
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Bombus franklini |
Franklin's Bumble Bee |
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Brachyteles hypoxanthus |
Northern muriqui |
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Bradypus pygmaeus |
Pygmy sloth |
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Callitriche pulchra |
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Calumma tarzan |
Tarzan's chameleon |
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Cavia intermedia |
Santa Catarina's guinea pig |
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Cercopithecus roloway |
Roloway Guenon |
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Coleura seychellensis |
Seychelles sheath-tailed bat |
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Cryptomyces maximus |
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Cryptotis nelsoni |
Nelson's small-eared shrew |
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Cyclura collei |
Jamaican iguana |
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Dendrophylax fawcettii |
Cayman islands ghost orchid |
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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis |
Sumatran rhino |
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Diomedea amsterdamensis |
Amsterdam Island albatross |
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Diospyros katendei |
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Dipterocarpus lamellatus |
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Discoglossus nigriventer |
Hula painted frog |
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Discorea strydomiana |
Wild Yam |
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Dombeya mauritiana |
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Elaeocarpus bojeri |
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Eleutherodactylus glandulifer |
La Hotte Glanded Frog |
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Eleutherodactylus thorectes |
Macaya Breast-spot frog |
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Eriosyce chilensis |
Chilenito |
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Erythrina schliebenii |
coral tree |
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Euphorbia tanaensis |
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Eurynorhynchus pygmeus |
Spoon-billed sandpiper |
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Ficus katendei |
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Geronticus eremita |
Northern Bald Ibis |
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Gigasiphon macrosiphon |
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Gocea ohridana |
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Heleophryne rosei |
Table Mountain ghost frog |
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Hemicycla paeteliana |
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Heteromirafra sidamoensis |
Liben Lark |
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Hibiscadelphus woodii |
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Hucho perryi (Parahucho perryi) |
Sakhalin taimen |
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Johora singaporensis |
Singapore Freshwater Crab |
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Lathyrus belinensis |
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Leiopelma archeyi |
Archey's frog |
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Lithobates sevosus |
Dusky gopher frog |
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Lophura edwardsi |
Edward's pheasant |
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Magnolia wolfii |
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Margaritifera marocana |
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Moominia willii |
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Natalus primus |
Cuban greater funnel eared bat |
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Nepenthes attenboroughii |
Attenborough's Pitcher Plant |
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Neurergus kaiseri |
Luristan newt |
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Nomascus hainanus |
Hainan Gibbon |
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Oreocnemis phoenix |
Mulanje Red Damsel |
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Pangasius sanitwongsei |
Pangasid catfish |
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Parides burchellanus |
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Phocoena sinus |
Vaquita |
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Picea neoveitchii |
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Pinus squamata |
Qiaojia Pine |
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Poecilotheria metallica |
Peacock Parachute Spider |
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Pomarea whitneyi |
Fatuhiva monarch |
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Pristis pristis |
Common Sawfish |
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Prolemur simus |
Greater bamboo lemur |
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Propithecus candidus |
Silky Sifaka |
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Psammobates geometricus |
Geometric tortoise |
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Pseudoryx nghetinhensis |
Saola |
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Psiadia cataractae |
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Psorodonotus ebneri |
Beydaglari Bush-cricket |
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Rafetus swinhoei |
Red River giant softshell turtle |
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Rhinoceros sondaicus |
Javan rhino |
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Rhinopithecus avunculus |
Tonkin snub-nosed monkey |
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Rhizanthella gardneri |
West Australian underground Orchid |
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Rhynchocyon spp. |
Boni Giant Sengi |
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Risiocnemis seidenschwarzi |
Cebu frill-wing |
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Rosa arabica |
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Salanoia durrelli |
Durrell's Vontsira |
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Santamartamys rufodorsalis |
Red-crested tree rat |
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Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis |
Red-finned blue eye |
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Squatina squatina |
Angel shark |
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Sterna bernsteini |
Chinese crested tern |
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Syngnathus watermeyeri |
Estuarine Pipefish (River Pipefish) |
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Tahina spectabilis |
Suicide Palm |
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Telmatobufo bullocki |
Bullock’s false toad |
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Tokudaia muenninki |
Okinawa Spiny Rat |
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Trigonostigma somphongsi |
Somphongs's rasbora |
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Valencia letourneuxi |
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Voanioala gerardii |
Forest Coconut |
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Zaglossus attenboroughi |
Attenborough's Echidna |
