Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve. The following is a very small, non-representative fraction of the 8,565 species listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Animals

Mammalia

Afrosoricida

• Robust Golden Mole (Amblysomus robustus)
• Arend's Golden Mole (Carpitalpa arendsi)
• Duthie's Golden Mole (Chlorotalpa duthieae)
• Rough-haired Golden Mole (Chrysospalax villosus)

• Dryad Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dryas)
• Montane Shrew Tenrec (Microgale monticola)

Artiodactyla

• Dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei)
• Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia)
• Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
• Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
• Gaur (Bos frontalis)
• Yak (Bos grunniens)
• Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
• Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus)
• East Caucasian Tur (Capra cylindricornis)
• Taiwan Serow (Capricornis swinhoei)
• Jentink's Duiker (Cephalophus jentinki)
• Abbott's Duiker (Cephalophis spadix)
• Zebra Duiker (Cephalophus zebra)
• Barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii)
• Eld's Deer (Cervus eldii)
• Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis)
• Dorcas Gazelle (Gazella dorcas)
• Mountain Gazelle (Gazella gazella)
• Red-fronted Gazelle (Gazella rufifrons)
• Soemmerring's Gazelle (Gazella soemmerringii)
• Speke's Gazelle (Gazella spekei)
• Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)
• Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
• Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
• Silver Dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii)
• Siberian Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus)
• Hairy-fronted Muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)
• Red Goral (Naemorhedus baileyi)
• Chinese Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus)
• Argali (Ovis ammon)
• Mouflon (Ovis orientalis)
• Philippine Warty Pig (Sus philippensis)
• Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)
• Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
• Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)
• Juan Fernandez Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii)
• Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus townsendi)
• Jackson's Mongoose (Bdeogale jacksoni)
• Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
• Dingo (Canis lupus dingo)
• Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii)
• Owston's Palm Civet (Chrotogale owstoni)
• Hose's Palm Civet (Diplogale hosei)
• Chinese Mountain Cat (Felis bieti)
• Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
• Malagasy Civet (Fossa fossana)
• Ring-tailed Mongoose (Galidia elegans)
• Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose (Galidictis fasciata)
• Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
• Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)
• Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
• Sulawesi Palm Civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii)
• Nilgiri Marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
• Everett's Ferret Badger (Melogale everetti)
• Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
• Black-striped Weasel (Mustela strigidorsa)
• Palawan Stink Badger (Mydaus marchei)
• Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
• Lion (Panthera leo)
• Jerdon's Palm Civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni)
• Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
• New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)
• Flat-headed Cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
• Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
• Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
• African Golden Cat (Profelis aurata)
• Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica)
• Brown-tailed Mongoose (Salanoia concolor)
• Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)
• Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
• Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
• Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus)
• Blanford's Fox (Vulpes cana)
• Galápagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki)

Cetacea

• Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)
• Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
• Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Dasyuromorphia

• Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)
• New Guinean Quoll (Dasyurus albopunctatus)
• Western Quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii)
• Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
• Bronze Quoll (Dasyurus spartacus)
• Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
• Alexandria False Antechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus)
• Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Didelphimorphia

• Black-shouldered Opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta)

Rodentia

• Bolivian Chinchilla Rat (Abrocoma boliviensis)
• Anderson's Squirrel (Callosciurus quinquestriatus)
• Irrawaddy Squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus)
• Montane Long-nosed Squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi)
• Lowland Long-nosed Squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)
• Mentawi Flying Squirrel (Iomys sipora)
• Four-striped Ground Squirrel (Lariscus hosei)
• Menzbier's Marmot (Marmota menzbieri)
• Secretive Dwarf Squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus)
• Indian Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica)
• Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura)
• Forrest's Rock Squirrel (Sciurotamias forresti)
• European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
• Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii)
• Mohave Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis)
• Speckled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus)
• Washington Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus washingtoni)
• Jentink's Squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki)
• Palawan Montane Squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori)
• Samar Squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis)
• Palmer's Chipmunk (Tamias palmeri)

Sirenia

• Dugong (Dugong dugon)
• Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis)
• West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
• West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis)

Soricomorpha

• Mindanao Shrew (Crocidura beatus)
• Canarian Shrew (Crocidura canariensis)
• Eisentraut's Shrew (Crocidura eisentrauti)
• Glass's Shrew (Crocidura glassi)
• Luzon Shrew (Crocidura grayi)
• Kivu Shrew (Crocidura kivuana)
• Kivu Long-haired Shrew (Crocidura lanosa)
• Lucina's Shrew (Crocidura lucina)
• MacMillan's Shrew (Crocidura macmillani)
• Manenguba Shrew (Crocidura manengubae)
• Nimba Shrew (Crocidura nimbae)
• Oriental Shrew (Crocidura orientalis)
• Palawan Shrew (Crocidura palawanensis)
• Pale Gray Shrew (Crocidura pergrisea)
• Guramba Shrew (Crocidura phaeura)
• Kahuzi Swamp Shrew (Crocidura stenocephala)
• Tanzanian Shrew (Crocidura tansaniana)
• Tarella Shrew (Crocidura tarella)
• Timor Shrew (Crocidura tenuis)
• Cretan Shrew (Crocidura zimmermanni)
• Honduran Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis hondurensis)
• Talamancan Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis gracilis)
• Russian Desman (Desmana moschata)
• Japanese Mountain Mole (Euroscaptor mizura)
• Pyrenean Desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)
• Babault's Mouse Shrew (Myosorex babaulti)
• Montane Mouse Shrew (Myosorex blarina)
• Long-tailed Forest Shrew (Myosorex longicaudatus)
• Sclater's Mouse Shrew (Myosorex sclateri)
• Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew (Myosorex zinki)
• Ruwenzori Shrew (Ruwenzorisorex suncoides)
• Arizona Shrew (Sorex arizonae)
• Azumi Shrew (Sorex hosonoi)
• Paramushir Shrew (Sorex leucogaster)
• Carmen Mountain Shrew (Sorex milleri)
• Chinese Shrew (Sorex sinalis)
• Day's Shrew (Suncus dayi)
• Bornean Pygmy Shrew (Suncus hosei)
• Asian Highland Shrew (Suncus montanus)
• Aberdare Mole Shrew (Surdisorex norae)
• Mt. Kenya Mole Shrew (Surdisorex polulus)
• Howell's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex howelli)
• Mt. Cameroon Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex morio)

Peramelemorphia

• Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)

Perissodactyla

• Onager (Equus hemionus)
• Mongolian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus hemionus)
• Baird's Tapir ("Tapirus bairdii")
• Malayan Tapir ("Tapirus indicus")
• Mountain Tapir ("Tapirus pinchaque")
• Brazilian Tapir ("Tapirus terrestris")

Aves

Anseriformes

• Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)

Charadriiformes

• Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri)
• Xantus's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)
• Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)

Columbiformes

• Western Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata)

Falconiformes

• Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti)

Galliformes

• Bruijn's Brush-turkey (Aepypodius bruijnii)
• White-breasted Guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides)
• Bearded Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus)
• Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

Gruiformes

• Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis)

Passeriformes

• Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli)
• White-throated Jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis)
• Abbott's Starling (Cinnyricinclus femoralis)
• Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nana)
• Golden-winged Laughingthrush (Garrulax ngoclinhensis)
• Moustached Antpitta (Grallaria alleni)
• Santa Marta Antpitta (Grallaria bangsi)
• 'Anianiau (Hemignathus parvus)
• Rudd's Lark (Heteromirafra ruddi)
• Atlantic Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni)
• Galápagos Martin (Progne modesta)
• Peruvian Martin (Progne murphyi)
• Rusty-headed Spinetail (Synallaxis fuscorufa)
• Hoary-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis kollari)
• Santa Marta Wren (Troglodytes monticola)
• Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris)
• White-winged Warbler (Xenoligea montana)

Pelecaniformes

• Ascension Frigatebird (Fregata aquila)
• King Shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus)
• Auckland Shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi)
• Bounty Island Shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi)

Piciformes

• Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae)

Procellariiformes

• Antipodean Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis)
• Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
• Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
• Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
• White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
• Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
• Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica)
• Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera)
• Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri)
• Heinroth's Shearwater (Puffinus heinrothi)
• Buller's Albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)
• Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
• Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida)
• Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini)

Psittaciformes

• Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis)
• Red-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae)
• Rusty-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca amazonina)
• Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus)

Sphenisciformes

• Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
• Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
• Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)
• Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus)
• Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)
• African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
• Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
• Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)

Strigiformes

• Cinnabar Hawk Owl (Ninox ios)
• White-fronted Scops Owl (Otus sagittatus)
• Javan Scops Owl (Otus angelinae)

Struthioniformes

• Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii)
• Great Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx haastii)
• Tokoeka (Apteryx australis)
• Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
• Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuariusy)

Plants

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• Malus sieversii
• Delonix regia
• Venus Flytrap

External links

• IUCN List of Vulnerable Species