[Animals] The most threatened animals of the year

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A species is classified as endangered when its po[CENSORED]tion has declined between 50% and 70% or less than 250 adult individuals.

Do you know results are the 10 most threatened animals in the world? When the po[CENSORED]tion of a species is so low that it is reduced to less than 250 adult specimens or its po[CENSORED]tion is relegated to between 50-70% of individuals, it is considered an endangered species.

The United Nations Organization celebrates World Wildlife Day every March 3 to commemorate the signing of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that seeks to protect the world's wild animals and plants.

Today we showcase some of the animals that are subject to life-threatening human-enabled practices such as illegal poaching, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change, so their overall po[CENSORED]tion has been drastically reduced, leading them to edge of extinction.

Thus, the alteration of natural evolutionary changes through habitat destruction, pollution, excessive hunting and fishing and, potentially more devastating, climate change will, according to experts, cause the number of extinctions to grow to an unprecedented as human po[CENSORED]tions expand and the earth warms.

The UN estimates that 75% of terrestrial environments and 66% of marine environments have already been altered by human activity, causing a 20% reduction in the abundance of terrestrial animals, as well as a potential reduction in the biomass of fish up to 25% by the end of the century.

Our planet, Earth, is home to more than 30 million animal species and endangered species are found throughout the world.

There are currently 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List, and 16,306 of them are in danger of extinction, more than last year.

 

Red tuna
Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) have drastically decreased in number due to overfishing and illegal fishing in recent decades (both Atlantic bluefin tuna, Pacific bluefin tuna or southern bluefin tuna), mainly due to the demand for this fish in sushi markets.

 

Conservation status: Endangered.

Po[CENSORED]tion: In decline

Irawadi river dolphin
The Irawadi river dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) inhabits a 190-kilometer stretch of the river between Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Its po[CENSORED]tion is in decline; it is estimated that there are only 92 individuals.

 

Conservation status: Endangered.

Po[CENSORED]tion: Less than 100 specimens

 

Leatherback turtle
The leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest species of sea turtle and also one of the most migratory, crossing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Nesting areas for Pacific leatherback turtles are found in tropical latitudes of the eastern and western Pacific around the world. It is in danger of extinction due to the extensive collection of eggs and capture due to fishing.

 

Conservation status: vulnerable

Po[CENSORED]tion: In decline

 

Snow Leopard
The snow leopard or irbis (Panthera uncia) lives in the mountainous regions of central and southern Asia. In India, its geographical distribution covers a large part of the western Himalayas. There are an estimated 4,080 to 6,590 snow leopards in the wild, but it's hard to know for sure. They are classified as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

 

Conservation status: Vulnerable.

Po[CENSORED]tion: Between 4,000-6,500 individuals

 

Orangutan
The orangutan (Pongo) is dangerously close to extinction due to the destruction and degradation of the rainforest, particularly the lowland rainforest, in Borneo and Sumatra. Both species, the Bornean orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan have experienced sharp po[CENSORED]tion declines.

 

Conservation status: On the brink of extinction

Po[CENSORED]tion: There are about 104,700 from Borneo and about 7,500 Sumatran orangutan.

Asian elephant
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is the largest mammal on the Asian continent and is classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Its po[CENSORED]tion is estimated to have decreased by 50% in the last 75 years, and it is estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 Asian elephants remain in the wild.

 

Conservation status: Endangered

Po[CENSORED]tion: In decline.

 

Tiger
Most of the world's tigers (Panthera tigris) live in captivity. Of the six subspecies of tiger that exist, the Bengal is the most numerous but its po[CENSORED]tion is decreasing dangerously.

 

Conservation status: Endangered

Po[CENSORED]tion: 3,500 specimens in the wild

 

Vaquita marina
The vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) is a cetacean close to extinction. The vaquita marina is an endemic species to Mexico that lives in the northern Gulf of California and is considered the smallest porpoise in the world. It grows to 1.5 meters long and weighs about 50 kilos.

 

Conservation status: Critically endangered

Po[CENSORED]tion: about 10 specimens

Mountain gorilla
The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is doomed to extinction in its natural habitat, in the wild, due to its loss of habitat, illegal hunting, human disease infections and also war. Only two po[CENSORED]tions remain in freedom.

 

Conservation status: Endangered.

Po[CENSORED]tion: about 380 individuals

Java rhino
The Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros probeicus) is an endangered species. It belongs to the same genus as the Indian rhinoceros and is one of the most threatened large mammal species on Earth. They are confined to a park in the extreme southwest of the Indonesian island of Java.

 

Conservation status: Critically endangered

Po[CENSORED]tion: About 60 individuals

 

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