Yangtze Finless Porpoise
Estimated Population: 1,000-1,800
Main Threat(s): Lack of Food Supply
Western Lowland Gorilla
Estimated Population: Unknown
Main Threat(s): Poaching, Disease
Vaquita
Estimated Population: less than 200
Main Threat(s): Bycatch
Sumatran Tiger
Estimated Population: less than 400
Main Threat(s): Habitat Loss, Illegal Wildlife Trade, Human-Wildlife Conflict
Sumatran Rhino
Estimated Population: Unknown
Main Threat(s): Habitat Loss, Illegal Wildlife Trade, Genetic Loss
Main Threat(s): Illegal Wildlife Trade
Sumatran Orangutan
Estimated Population: Around 7,300
Main Threat(s): Hunting, Habitat Loss
Sumatran Elephant
Estimated Population: 2,400-2,800
Main Threat(s): Poaching, Deforestation, Human-Elephant Conflict
South China Tiger
Estimated Population: Believed to be Extinct in The Wild
Main Threat(s): Hunting, Habitat Loss
Saola
Estimated Population: Unknown
Main Threat(s): Hunting, Habitat Loss
Mountain Gorilla
Estimated Population: 880
Main Threat(s): War, Habitat Loss, Disease, Charcoal Making, Poaching
Leatherback Turtle
Estimated Population: Unknown
Main Threat(s): Overharvesting, Illegal Trade, Fisheries Bycatch, Habitat Loss
Javan Rhino
Estimated Population: Around 35
Main Threat(s): Illegal Wildlife Trade, Reduced Genetic Diversity
Hawksbill Turtle
Estimated Population: Unknown
Main Threat(s): Illegal Wildlife Trade, Fisheries Bycatch
Cross River Gorilla
Estimated Population: 200-300
Main Threat(s): Hunting, Inbreeding
Black Rhino
Estimated Population: 4,848
Main Threat(s): Illegal Wildlife Trade, Habitat Loss
Amur Leopard
Estimated Population: Around 30
Main Threat(s): Illegal Wildlife Trade
All information on this post was is via https://worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status
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