Critically Endangered species

18 species listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. Including the African Forest Elephant, the Axolotl, the Black Rhinoceros.

Critically Endangered — Facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. One step from extinct in the wild. Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

African Forest Elephant

Loxodonta cyclotis

Critically Endangered

Axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum

Critically Endangered

Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

Critically Endangered

Bornean Orangutan

Pongo pygmaeus

Critically Endangered

California Condor

Gymnogyps californianus

Critically Endangered

Chinese Pangolin

Manis pentadactyla

Critically Endangered

Coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

Critically Endangered

Gharial

Gavialis gangeticus

Critically Endangered

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

Critically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Critically Endangered

Javan Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Critically Endangered

Kakapo

Strigops habroptilus

Critically Endangered

Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Lepidochelys kempii

Critically Endangered

North Atlantic Right Whale

Eubalaena glacialis

Critically Endangered

Sumatran Orangutan

Pongo abelii

Critically Endangered

Sumatran Rhinoceros

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Critically Endangered

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

Critically Endangered

Western Lowland Gorilla

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Critically Endangered