Endangered Species Search by Area Selection
Find out if there are any endangered species in your state, your country, island, etc. Browse endangered species listings according to area on our planet using the selection box below.
For a complete list of US endangered species, select United States below. Browse the different areas in the pulldown for other countries or specific US or Canadian states. For sea creatures and creatures found on islands in the oceans, we recommend browsing the oceania list.
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Note/Disclaimer: This list is made possible through a database keyword search/filtering process which may not be 100% accurate. Therefore, all endangered species of Faroe Islands may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in Europe, browse the Europe endangered species list.
Endangered species found in Faroe Islands:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total at the bottom of this page as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About Us page.
| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Atlantic Cod | Gadus morhua | Fishes | Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), Oceanic |
| 2. | Atlantic Halibut | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | Fishes | Canada (Newfoundland), Europe, United States (Alaska) |
| 3. | Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Birds | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States) |
| 4. | Basking Shark | Cetorhinus maximus | Fishes | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
| 5. | Beluga | Delphinapterus leucas | Mammals | Asia, Europe, North America (including United States), Oceanic |
| 6. | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Birds | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 7. | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Birds | Africa, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
| 8. | Cape Shark | Squalus acanthias | Fishes | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
| 9. | Deepwater Spiny Dogfish | Centrophorus squamosus | Fishes | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe |
| 10. | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Birds | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| 11. | Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
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Falco peregrinus peregrinus | Birds | Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
| 12. | 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 |
| 13. | Haddock | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | Fishes | Asia, Europe, North America (including United States), Oceanic |
| 14. | Hooded Seal | Cystophora cristata | Mammals | Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, Oceanic, South America |
| 15. | Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Birds | Asia, Europe, North America (including United States), Oceanic |
| 16. | Liver-oil Shark | Galeorhinus galeus | Fishes | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America |
| 17. | Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Carcharhinus longimanus | Fishes | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America |
| 18. | Rabbitfish | Chimaera monstrosa | Fishes | Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
