CarnotaurusSastrei
Well-Known Member
Inspired by this thread by @CMP asking a similar question about species that are extinct in the wild, I thought it would be interesting to ask the same question about critically endangered species. For a full list of critically endangered taxa, feel free to use this link to a Wikipedia article that includes links to both a list of Critically Endangered animals as a whole and smaller lists dedicated to larger clades.
Here's my list, assembled to the best of my memory and broken down by major groups of vertebrates (mostly because I've mainly just kept track of the vertebrate species I've seen), along with a separate category for the handful of critically endangered subspecies that I've kept track of. The bolded species are the ones I have been fortunate enough to see in the wild.
Here's my list, assembled to the best of my memory and broken down by major groups of vertebrates (mostly because I've mainly just kept track of the vertebrate species I've seen), along with a separate category for the handful of critically endangered subspecies that I've kept track of. The bolded species are the ones I have been fortunate enough to see in the wild.
- Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharius taurus)
- Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis pristis)
- Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron)
- Bowmouth Guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)
- Whitespotted Guitarfish (Rhinobatos albomaculatus)
- Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
- Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache)
- Devil's Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis)
- Red-Tailed Black Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor)
- Pinstripe Damba (Paretroplus menarambo)
- Siamese Tiger Perch (Datnioides pulcher)
- Chinese Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus)
- Texas Blind Salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)
- Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
- Panamanian Golden Frog* (Atelopus zeteki)
- Lemur Leaf Frog (Agalychnis lemur)
- Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
- Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
- Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
- Home's Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys homeana)
- Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
- Asian Forest Tortoise (Manouria emys)
- Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides)
- Flat-Backed Spider Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda)
- Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni)
- Painted Terrapin (Batagur borneoensis)
- Indochinese Box Turtle (Cuora galbinifrons)
- McCord's Box Turtle (Cuora mccordi)
- Golden Coin Turtle (Cuora trifasciata)
- Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis)
- Malaysian Giant Turtle (Orlitia borneensis)
- Four-Eyed Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)
- Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
- Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)
- Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)
- Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)
- Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)
- Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
- West African Slender-Snouted Crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
- Utila Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)
- Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collei)
- Williams' Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
- Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis)
- Guam Rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni)
- Puerto Rican Amazon (Amazona vittata)
- Blue-Throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis)
- Blue-Billed Curassow (Crax alberti)
- Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
- Laysan Teal (Anas laysanensis)
- Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri)
- Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi)
- Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)
- California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
- Northen White-Cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys)
- Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
- Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
- Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz)
- Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
- Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
- Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
- Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
- Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
- Dama Gazelle (Nanger dama)
- Woylie (Bettongia penicillata)
- Red Wolf (Canis rufus)
- Exuma Island Iguana (Cyclura cychlura figginsi)
- Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
- Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata variegata)
- Eastern Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli)
- Mountain Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci)
- Sumatran Tiger* (Panthera tigris sondaica/sumatrae)
- Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
, there are countless more critically endangered than extinct-in-the wild species.
