2010's Most Threatened Animal Species

Most Threatened Species in 2010, instaegs "Around 3,200 tigers left in the wild Three tiger subspecies are already extinct" Species at serious risk owing to unsustainable fishing practices in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Tiger Panthera tigris Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal,North Korea (few left),Russia(Far East), Thailand,Vietnam Thunnus thynnus Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico "Indo-Malayan, Palearctic" Palearctic, Neotropic 20-25,000 polar bears in the wild, but the future uncertain About 720 surving in the wild Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Nearctic and Palearctic Mountain Gorilla Volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo North Pole, Canada, Alaska, Gorilla beringei beringei Greenland, Norway and Russia Afrotropic Up to 200 dead walruses spotted on Alaska's northwest coast Pacific Walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus North America south of Hudson Bay down to South America. Arctic seas between Alaska and Siberia Palearctic Palearctic, Neotropic ' 12 out of the 17 penguin species Most endangered large mammal, for a total number of less than 60 animals. Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Javan Rhinoceros are experiencing population decline" Rhinoceros sondaicus Indo-Malayan Indonesia, Vietnam Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands, Brazil, Uruguay Neotropic As few as 2,300 adult females left in Pacific Leatherback Turtle Giant Panda Less than 2500 in the wild Ailuropoda melanoleuca Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, French Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica(?), Liberia, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Mountain ranges in the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu in Western China. Dermochelys coriaceathe Palearctic, Neotropic Palearctic The Threat O Deforestation Global warming Bycatching • Habitat degradation Poaching Habitat loss Rising sea levels O Habitat fragmentation Omnivore Carnivore Herbivore Scientific Name Critical figures Range Biogeographic realm Climate change Warming ocean currenis Unsustainable fishing practices Most Threatened Species in 2010, instaegs "Around 3,200 tigers left in the wild Three tiger subspecies are already extinct" Species at serious risk owing to unsustainable fishing practices in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Tiger Panthera tigris Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal,North Korea (few left),Russia(Far East), Thailand,Vietnam Thunnus thynnus Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico "Indo-Malayan, Palearctic" Palearctic, Neotropic 20-25,000 polar bears in the wild, but the future uncertain About 720 surving in the wild Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Nearctic and Palearctic Mountain Gorilla Volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo North Pole, Canada, Alaska, Gorilla beringei beringei Greenland, Norway and Russia Afrotropic Up to 200 dead walruses spotted on Alaska's northwest coast Pacific Walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus North America south of Hudson Bay down to South America. Arctic seas between Alaska and Siberia Palearctic Palearctic, Neotropic ' 12 out of the 17 penguin species Most endangered large mammal, for a total number of less than 60 animals. Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Javan Rhinoceros are experiencing population decline" Rhinoceros sondaicus Indo-Malayan Indonesia, Vietnam Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands, Brazil, Uruguay Neotropic As few as 2,300 adult females left in Pacific Leatherback Turtle Giant Panda Less than 2500 in the wild Ailuropoda melanoleuca Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, French Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica(?), Liberia, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Mountain ranges in the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu in Western China. Dermochelys coriaceathe Palearctic, Neotropic Palearctic The Threat O Deforestation Global warming Bycatching • Habitat degradation Poaching Habitat loss Rising sea levels O Habitat fragmentation Omnivore Carnivore Herbivore Scientific Name Critical figures Range Biogeographic realm Climate change Warming ocean currenis Unsustainable fishing practices Most Threatened Species in 2010, instaegs "Around 3,200 tigers left in the wild Three tiger subspecies are already extinct" Species at serious risk owing to unsustainable fishing practices in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Tiger Panthera tigris Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal,North Korea (few left),Russia(Far East), Thailand,Vietnam Thunnus thynnus Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico "Indo-Malayan, Palearctic" Palearctic, Neotropic 20-25,000 polar bears in the wild, but the future uncertain About 720 surving in the wild Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Nearctic and Palearctic Mountain Gorilla Volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo North Pole, Canada, Alaska, Gorilla beringei beringei Greenland, Norway and Russia Afrotropic Up to 200 dead walruses spotted on Alaska's northwest coast Pacific Walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus North America south of Hudson Bay down to South America. Arctic seas between Alaska and Siberia Palearctic Palearctic, Neotropic ' 12 out of the 17 penguin species Most endangered large mammal, for a total number of less than 60 animals. Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Javan Rhinoceros are experiencing population decline" Rhinoceros sondaicus Indo-Malayan Indonesia, Vietnam Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands, Brazil, Uruguay Neotropic As few as 2,300 adult females left in Pacific Leatherback Turtle Giant Panda Less than 2500 in the wild Ailuropoda melanoleuca Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, French Guiana, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica(?), Liberia, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Mountain ranges in the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu in Western China. Dermochelys coriaceathe Palearctic, Neotropic Palearctic The Threat O Deforestation Global warming Bycatching • Habitat degradation Poaching Habitat loss Rising sea levels O Habitat fragmentation Omnivore Carnivore Herbivore Scientific Name Critical figures Range Biogeographic realm Climate change Warming ocean currenis Unsustainable fishing practices