Endangered Animals 2020 Facts

Today the list of endangered species runs down to 16306.

Endangered animals 2020 facts. Endangered animals are not just exotic species they can be big OR small and are disappearing right from our back yards. Female elephants assist each other with the delivery and care of their offspring. If an animal is in danger of becoming extinct its considered to be an endangered species.

Gland Switzerland 19 March 2020 IUCN The African Black Rhino remains Critically Endangered but its population is slowly increasing as conservation efforts counter the persistent threat of poaching according to todays update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. The golden lion tamarin is an endangered species native to the Atlantic coastal forests and the golden lion tamarin. For the most recent version of the list IUCN researchers and scientists evaluated 63837 species.

Like many endangered animals their decline is mostly due to poaching habitat loss disease and human conflict. Endangered animals include tigers rhinoceroses orangutans turtles and many more. According to reports the numbers of animals that have gone extinct are in some millions.

If you were hoping to spot this playful-looking mammal in its natural home youd be. There are almost 1000 different endangered species in the world and about 450 of them live in the. All Mammals Birds Reptiles Amphibians Fish Invertebrates.

Gray wolves like this pair on Isle Royale are listed as endangered in the United States. Golden lion tamarin is found to be extinct very fast. At the time of writing June 2020 there are only around 150 to 180 adult Cross River Gorillas left in the wild.

Both species of Orangutan are endangered. Some of the animals are caught and killed in the young ages and dried and varnished to be sold as curio items. In the latest census 3200 Golden lion tamarins remain in the wild.