100 Most Threatened Species
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission has issued its first ever list of what it considers the 100 most threatened species of animals, plants and fungi on the planet. The full list is below, including the scientific and common names (if one exists) of each species:
Scientific Name = Common Name
Abies beshanzuensis = Baishan Fir
Actinote zikani
Aipysurus foliosquama = Leaf scaled sea-snake
Amanipodagrion gilliesi = Amani Flatwing
Antilophia bokermanni = Araripe Manakin
Antisolabis seychellensis = Seychelles earwig
Aphanius transgrediens
Aproteles bulmerae = Bulmer's Fruit Bat
Ardea insignis = White bellied heron
Ardeotis nigriceps = Great Indian Bustard
Astrochelys yniphora = Ploughshare tortoise / angonoka
Atelopus balios = Rio pescado stubfoot toad
Aythya innotata = Madagascar Pochard
Azurina eupalama = Galapagos damsel fish
Bahaba taipingensis = Giant yellow croaker
Batagur baska = Common Batagur/ Four-toed terrapin
Bazzania bhutanica
Beatragus hunteri = Hirola
Bombus franklini = Franklin's Bumble Bee
Brachyteles hypoxanthus = Northern muriqui
Bradypus pygmaeus = Pygmy sloth
Callitriche pulchra
Calumma tarzan = Tarzan's chameleon
Cavia intermedia = Santa Catarina's guinea pig
Cercopithecus roloway = Roloway Guenon
Coleura seychellensis = Seychelles sheath-tailed bat
Cryptomyces maximus
Cryptotis nelsoni = Nelson's small-eared shrew
Cyclura collei = Jamaican iguana
Dendrophylax fawcettii = Cayman islands ghost orchid
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis = Sumatran rhino
Diomedea amsterdamensis = Amsterdam Island albatross
Diospyros katendei
Dipterocarpus lamellatus
Discoglossus nigriventer = Hula painted frog
Discorea strydomiana = Wild Yam
Dombeya mauritiana
Elaeocarpus bojeri
Eleutherodactylus glandulifer = La Hotte Glanded Frog
Eleutherodactylus thorectes = Macaya Breast-spot frog
Eriosyce chilensis = Chilenito
Erythrina schliebenii = coral tree
Euphorbia tanaensis
Eurynorhynchus pygmeus = Spoon-billed sandpiper
Ficus katendei
Geronticus eremita = Northern Bald Ibis
Gigasiphon macrosiphon
Gocea ohridana
Heleophryne rosei = Table Mountain ghost frog
Hemicycla paeteliana
Heteromirafra sidamoensis = Liben Lark
Hibiscadelphus woodii
Hucho perryi (Parahucho perryi) = Sakhalin taimen
Johora singaporensis = Singapore Freshwater Crab
Lathyrus belinensis
Leiopelma archeyi = Archey's frog
Lithobates sevosus = Dusky gopher frog
Lophura edwardsi = Edward's pheasant
Magnolia wolfii
Margaritifera marocana
Moominia willii
Natalus primus = Cuban greater funnel eared bat
Nepenthes attenboroughii = Attenborough's Pitcher Plant
Neurergus kaiseri = Luristan newt
Nomascus hainanus = Hainan Gibbon
Oreocnemis phoenix = Mulanje Red Damsel
Pangasius sanitwongsei = Pangasid catfish
Parides burchellanus
Phocoena sinus = Vaquita
Picea neoveitchii
Pinus squamata = Qiaojia Pine
Poecilotheria metallica = Peacock Parachute Spider
Pomarea whitneyi = Fatuhiva monarch
Pristis pristis = Common Sawfish
Prolemur simus = Greater bamboo lemur
Propithecus candidus = Silky Sifaka
Psammobates geometricus = Geometric tortoise
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis = Saola
Psiadia cataractae
Psorodonotus ebneri = Beydaglari Bush-cricket
Rafetus swinhoei = Red River giant softshell turtle
Rhinoceros sondaicus = Javan rhino
Rhinopithecus avunculus = Tonkin snub-nosed monkey
Rhizanthella gardneri = West Australian underground Orchid
Rhynchocyon spp. = Boni Giant Sengi
Risiocnemis seidenschwarzi = Cebu frill-wing
Rosa arabica
Salanoia durrelli = Durrell's Vontsira
Santamartamys rufodorsalis = Red-crested tree rat
Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis = Red-finned blue eye
Squatina squatina = Angel shark
Sterna bernsteini = Chinese crested tern
Syngnathus watermeyeri = Estuarine Pipefish (River Pipefish)
Tahina spectabilis = Suicide Palm
Telmatobufo bullocki = Bullock’s false toad
Tokudaia muenninki = Okinawa Spiny Rat
Trigonostigma somphongsi = Somphongs's rasbora
Valencia letourneuxi
Voanioala gerardii = Forest Coconut
Zaglossus attenboroughi = Attenborough's Echidna
Source: ouramazingplanet.com