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Critically Endangered Species (2022)
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- 1OrangutansScientific Name: Pongo
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Remote Forests in Indonesia, Borneo, and Malaysia
Estimated Population (2022): 120,000
Key Threats: Batang Toru hydropower project, Exotic pet trade - 2Hawksbill TurtlesScientific Name: Eretmochelys imbricata
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Tropics and Subtropics
Estimated Population (2022): 15,000 to 23,000 nesting females
Key Threats: Illegal Turtle Shell Trade
- 3GorillasScientific Name: Gorilla gorilla, Gorilla beringei
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
Estimated Population (2022): Less than 320,000
Key Threats: Poachers, Mining, and Road Construction
- 4RhinosScientific Names: Rhinoceros sondaicus, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Diceros bicornis
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, South-East Asia
Estimated Population (2022):Less than 30,000
Key Threats: Poachers, Forest Fires, and Habitat Destruction
- 5Hammerhead SharkScientific Name: Sphyrnidae
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Tropics
Estimated Population (2022): Unknown
Key Threats: Fishing Nets
- 6MacawsScientific Name: Anodorhynchus glaucus, Ara glaucogularis, Ara ambiguus.
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Pockets of Central and South America.
Key Threats: Habitat Destruction, Poaching.
- 7Bumble BeesScientific Name: Bombus
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Europe and North America
Estimated Population (2022): Unknown
Key Threats: Climate Change, Pesticides, Pathogens
- 8Sumatran ElephantScientific Name: Elephas maximus sumatrensis
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Remote Forests in Indonesia
Estimated Population (2022): Less than 2,800
Key Threats: Deforestation, Palm Oil Plantations, Poachers
- 9Sumatran TigerScientific Name: Panthera tigris sondaica
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: Remote Forests in Indonesia
Estimated Population (2022): 328 – 908
Key Threats: Deforestation, Palm Oil Plantations, Poachers
- 10North Atlantic Right WhalesScientific Name: Eubalaena glacialis
Conservation Status: Critically Endangered
Range: North Atlantic Coastline
Estimated Population (2022): 400
Key Threats: Commercial Fishing Nets, Collisions with Vessels
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- A critically endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future. In 2022, there are 3,483 species classified as critically endangered. All of these animals have a 50% chance of becoming extinct within 10 years or 3 generations. On World Wildlife Day, our proposal is to become informed and aware of the human impact on biodiversity, to take action. Let's be the change we want to see in the world, the time is today.
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