Critically Endangered animals as classified by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

 

Common Name

Scientific Name

Status

Class

Location
Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum  Critically Endangered Amphibian Mexico
Beluga Sturgeon Huso huso  Critically Endangered Fish  Black, Caspian, Azov and Adriatic Seas
Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Critically Endangered Land Mammal  South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Namibia
 California Condor  Gymnogyps californianus   Critically Endangered Aves Southern and Baja California, Grand Canyon
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Critically Endangered Land Mammal Sub-Saharan Africa, Iran
Chinese Alligator  Alligator sinensis Critically Endangered  Reptile Eastern China
Chinese Giant Salamander  Andrias davidianus Critically Endangered Amphibian South China
Chinese River Dolphin Lipotes vexilifer Critically Endangered Freshwater Mammal  Yangtze River, China
Cuban Crocodile  Crocodylus rhombifer Critically Endangered  Reptile  Zapata and Lanier Swamp, Cuba
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
 Critically Endangered  Reptile Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Oceans
Mountain Gorilla Beringei beringei Critically Endangered  Land Mammal Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo
Northern White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum cottoni Critically Endangered  Land Mammal Uganda, Chad, Sudan, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Orangutan Pongo Critically Endangered   Land Mammal Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia
South China Tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis Critically Endangered   Land Mammal Central and Southern China
 Southern Bluefin Tuna Thunnus maccoyii Critically Endangered  Fish  South Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans
 Tiger Panthera tigris Critically Endangered Land Mammal Asia, Indian Subcontinent
Vaquita Phocoena sinus Critically Endangered Marine Mammal Gulf of California
 Western Gorilla Gorilla gorilla Critically Endangered Land Mammal Congo River Basin of West Africa
 Wild Bactrian Camel Camelus ferus Critically Endangered  Land Mammal China, Mongolia

 

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