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endangered species list.
Using the total at the bottom of this page as an official count of endangered species of the world is
. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our
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| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range |
---|
1. |
Akamas Centaury
|
Centaurea akamantis |
Plants |
Cyprus |
2. |
Angel Shark
|
Squatina squatina |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
3. |
Angular Rough Shark
|
Oxynotus centrina |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
4. |
Audouin's Gull
|
Larus audouinii |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
5. |
Black-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa limosa |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
6. |
Black-winged Pratincole
|
Glareola nordmanni |
Birds |
Africa to Asia |
7. |
Blackchin Guitarfish
|
Rhinobatos cemiculus |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
8. |
Cape Shark
|
Squalus acanthias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
9. |
Casey's Larkspur
|
Delphinium caseyi |
Plants |
Cyprus |
10. |
Common Bentwing Bat
|
Miniopterus schreibersii |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
11. |
Common Guitarfish
|
Rhinobatos rhinobatos |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
12. |
Common Tortoise
|
Testudo graeca |
Reptiles |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
13. |
Corncrake
|
Crex crex |
Birds |
Africa to Asia |
14. |
Cyprus Cedar
|
Cedrus brevifolia |
Plants |
Cyprus |
15. |
Cyprus Whip Snake
|
Hierophis cypriensis |
Reptiles |
Cyprus |
16. |
Dalmatian Pelican
|
Pelecanus crispus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
17. |
Dusky Grouper
|
Epinephelus marginatus |
Fishes |
Africa, Europe, Middle East, South America |
18. |
Egyptian Vulture
|
Neophron percnopterus |
Birds |
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
19. |
Erysimum kykkoticum
|
Erysimum kykkoticum |
Plants |
Cyprus |
20. |
Eurasian Curlew
|
Numenius arquata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
21. |
Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
|
Falco peregrinus peregrinus |
Birds |
Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
22. |
European Eel
|
Anguilla anguilla |
Fishes |
European coasts from the Black Sea to the White Sea (Russia), Rivers of the North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean Seas |
|
23. |
European Roller
|
Coracias garrulus |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
24. |
Ferruginous Duck
|
Aythya nyroca |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
25. |
Giant Butterfly Ray
|
Gymnura altavela |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
26. |
Giant Devilray
|
Mobula mobular |
Fishes |
Cyprus, Egypt, Gibraltar, Turkey |
27. |
Gray Nurse Shark
|
Carcharias taurus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
28. |
Great Bustard
|
Otis tarda |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
29. |
Great White Shark
|
Carcharodon carcharias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America |
30. |
Little Bustard
|
Tetrax tetrax |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
31. |
Liver-oil Shark
|
Galeorhinus galeus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America |
32. |
Long-fingered Bat
|
Myotis capaccinii |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
33. |
Long-nosed Skate
|
Dipturus oxyrinchus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
34. |
Mediterranean Monk Seal
|
Monachus monachus |
Mammals |
Mediterranean Sea, Northwest African Coast and Black Sea |
35. |
Mehely's Horseshoe Bat
|
Rhinolophus mehelyi |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
36. |
Morris Squill
|
Scilla morrisii |
Plants |
Cyprus |
37. |
Pallid Harrier
|
Circus macrourus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
38. |
Potamon potamios
|
Potamon potamios |
Crustaceans |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
39. |
Rabbitfish
|
Chimaera monstrosa |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
40. |
Red Kite
|
Milvus milvus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
41. |
Red Porgy
|
Pagrus pagrus |
Fishes |
Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Mexico, United States |
42. |
Red-breasted Goose
|
Branta ruficollis |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
43. |
Sage
|
Salvia veneris |
Plants |
Cyprus |
44. |
Saker Falcon
|
Falco cherrug |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe |
|
45. |
Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard
|
Acanthodactylus schreiberi |
Reptiles |
Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey |
46. |
Slender-billed Curlew
|
Numenius tenuirostris |
Birds |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
47. |
Sociable Lapwing
|
Vanellus gregarius |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
48. |
Troodos Rockcress
|
Arabis kennedyae |
Plants |
Cyprus |
49. |
Urial
|
Ovis musimon ophion |
Mammals |
Cyprus |
50. |
White Grouper
|
Epinephelus aeneus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
51. |
White-headed Duck
|
Oxyura leucocephala |
Birds |
Africa to Asia |
52. |
Yelkouan Shearwater
|
Puffinus yelkouan |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |