IUCN Red List update - March 2025

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The first IUCN Red List update for 2025 has been published today. These are the things I have noticed:

Mammals
  • The Asiatic golden cat has been uplisted from Near Threatened to Vulnerable.
  • The parma wallaby has been uplisted from Near Threatened to Vulnerable.
  • The yellow-bellied glider has been uplisted from Near Threatened to Vulnerable.
  • The Livingstone's flying fox has been downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered.
  • The brush-tailed bettong or woylie has been downlisted from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened.
  • The golden bandicoot has been downlisted from Vulnerable to Least Concern.
  • The Southern hairy-nosed wombat has been downlisted from Near Threatened to Least Concern.
  • The pygmy slow loris has been split into two species, the Northern and Southern - both are listed as Endangered.
  • The splits of the silky anteater have all been assessed - of the seven, four of them are Least Concern while the other three (Thomas's, Rio Negro and Amboro) are Data Deficient.
  • The bald-headed uakari has been split into five species - the Kanamari white, red and white are all Least Concern, the Novaes' is Near Threatened and the Ucayali is Vulnerable.
Reptiles
  • The alligator snapping turtles have been split into two species - the Suwannee is listed as Vulnerable, the Western as Endangered.
  • Pronk's day gecko has been downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered.
Fishes
  • The weedy seadragon has been uplisted from Least Concern to Vulnerable.
  • A huge number of gobies, clingfishes and jawfishes have also been assessed.
Invertebrates
  • The idle crayfish, endemic to Romania, has been added to the list for the first time - it is Endangered.
  • Two species of land or freshwater crab endemic to Socotra have been added to the list, both being Endangered.
  • A huge number of other insects, insects and spiders, principally from Europe and South Africa, have been added to the list for the first time.
  • Some big news - a partula snail species, Partula tohiveana, has been downlisted from Extinct in the Wild to Critically Endangered.
 
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birdsandbats said:
Do we know which Pygmy Slow Loris taxa is in zoos?
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Maybe a bit of a non-answer, but the IUCN pages for both species say that research is underway to determine which species of pygmy slow loris is kept in captivity, or alternatively identify if the captive population are hybrids.

Osedax said:
Ditto for Alligator Snapping Turtle?
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The Federal Register for listing the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle as a threatened species (published in 2024) suggests that this species is not subject to any captive breeding, although the listing does leave the option for a breeding programme to be started in the future.
 
birdsandbats said:
Do we know which Pygmy Slow Loris taxa is in zoos?
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Given that they both occur in, and are exported from, the same countries it would be certain that both are in zoos.

I found this pdf which shows the appearance (i.e. colouration differences) between the two:
https://www.nocturama.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LFP-Loris-Species-ID-Pocket-Guide-English.pdf

Also the Southern has a round "cute" face and the Northern has a pointed "dog-like" face apparently.

I also found a few interesting articles, like this one from BIAZA: Blog: The new slow lorises | Biaza
 
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