how many species of otter are endangered?
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There is one species of Otter on the low risk list which is the Oriental Small Clawed Otter. Several of the species though are listed as vulnerable and endangered. They include the Southern River Otter, Hairy Nosed Otter, Giant Otter, and the India Smooth Coated Otter.
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['Bengal Tiger. Also Read - Population of endangered blackbuck increases in Ganjam dist. ... ', 'Asiatic Lion. Asiatic Lion aka the Indian Lion or Persian Lion is a lion subspecies that is endangered. ... ', 'Snow Leopard. ... ', 'Blackbuck. ... ', 'Red Panda. ... ', 'One Horned Rhinoceros. ... ', 'The Nilgiri Tahr. ... ', 'Kashmir Red Stag (Hangul)']
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['5 Australian endangered animals at risk of extinction. Black-flanked Rock-wallaby is an endangered species surviving in small isolated populations in Australia © John Spies.', 'Black-flanked Rock-wallaby. Status: Endangered. ... ', 'Eastern Curlew. Status: Critically Endangered. ... ', 'Gouldian Finch. ... ', 'Northern Quoll. ... ', 'Black-footed Tree-rat.']
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Since the start of the century, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared 665 species either completely extinct or extinct in the wild. Here are four forest-dependent species that have vanished due to habitat loss in the last 20 years.
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Endangered - 55 species Mammals: Peary Caribou (Banks Island and High Arctic population), Eastern Cougar, Vancouver Island Marmot, Sea Otter, Bowhead Whale, Right Whale, Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence River, Ungava Bay and Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound populations), Wolverine (Eastern population).
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['Hawksbill turtle. Status: Critically endangered.', 'Arabian Leopard. Status: Critically endangered.', 'Arabian Tahr. Status: Endangered.', 'Spiny-tailed lizard. Status: Vulnerable.', 'Socotra Cormorant. Status: Vulnerable.', 'Houbara Bustard. Status: Vulnerable.']
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Today, lions joined tigers, a few species of bears, and a host of other endangered species under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. Subspecies Panthera leo leo, which has a range covering parts of India and western and central Africa, will be listed as endangered.
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An endangered species is a type of organism that is threatened by extinction. Species become endangered for two main reasons: loss of habitat and loss of genetic variation. A loss of habitat can happen naturally. Dinosaurs, for instance, lost their habitat about 65 million years ago.
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As part of the first list of species to receive federal protections, gray wolves are listed as "endangered" under the ESA. The designation applies to all remaining wolf populations in the lower-48 states.
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['13 Threatened Species.', 'Atlantic sturgeon (Gulf subspecies) (Acipenser oxyrinchus (=oxyrhynchus) desotoi)', 'Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)', 'Inflated heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus)', 'Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)', 'Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera hembeli)']
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As well as birds, Colombia also hosts over 450 mammal species. Of these 450 species, approximately 22% are listed as either endangered or critically endangered. Interestingly, Colombia has the largest number of terrestrial mammals (those that live predominantly or entirely on land) in the world.
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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 33 extinct species, 113 possibly extinct species, and two extinct in the wild species of amphibians.
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Currently, the only cobra species the IUCN lists as endangered is the Fiji snake Ogmodon vitianus, but the numbers of the other 20 species have been reduced by the loss of habitat in some parts of their range.
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According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the list of endangered shark species is surprisingly long; among approximately 470 species of sharks, 2.4% are listed as 'Critically Endangered', 3.2% 'Endangered', 10.3% 'Vulnerable', and 14.4% 'Near Threatened'.
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There are about 300 species of Australian animals that are endangered. This means that these animals may disappear from the face of the Earth forever. Humans are directly responsible for most recent extinctions. (Learn about extinction here.)
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Animal and plant species declared extinct between 2010 and 2019, the full list. The disappearance of 160 species has been declared by the IUCN over the last decade: most had been gone for a long time and their demise can be traced in large part to human impact. The full list of extinct species.
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['Elephants - 352,000. Elephants in the wild have been poached for their ivory tusksCredit: IFAW. ... ', 'Rhinos - 30,000. Experts are concerned rhinos could be extinct by 2025Credit: Getty - Contributor. ... ', 'Tigers - 3,890. ... ', 'Mountain gorillas - 880. ... ', 'Lemurs - 2,400. ... ', 'Pangolin - unknown. ... ', 'Snow leopard - 4,000. ... ', 'African grey parrot - unknown.']