Critically Endangered Animal Species 2013 Continued

Cross River Gorilla

Photograph thanks to WWF

STATUS

Critically Endangered

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POPULATION

200 to 300 individuals

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Gorilla gorilla diehli

HEIGHT

4 to 5 ½ feet when standing on two feet

WEIGHT

up to 440 pounds

from WWF

The population risks inbreeding and a loss of genetic diversity because there are so few Cross River gorillas and they live in groups that interact infrequently if at all.

Where these endangered animals live it is illegal to hunt Gorillas but the wildlife laws are lax. The killing of just one of the few remaining can be detrimental in this already small population.

Cameroon and Nigeria

One way to help the plight of these animals

Hawkbill Turtle

STATUS

Critically Endangered

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SCIENTIFIC NAME

Eretmochelys imbricata

WEIGHT

90-150 pounds

LENGTH

less than 3 feet

HABITATS

Oceans

Threats

FISHERIES BYCATCH

Hawksbills are particularly susceptible to entanglement in gill nets and accidental capture on fishing hooks. Marine turtles need to reach the surface to breathe, and therefore many drown once caught. Known as bycatch, this is a serious threat to hawksbill turtles. As fishing activity expands, this threat is more of a problem.

ILLEGAL TRADE

One way you can help the plight of these animals

Saola

STATUS

Critically Endangered

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POPULATION

Unknown

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

HEIGHT

Average 33 inches at the shoulder

WEIGHT

176-220 lbs

HABITATS

Evergreen forests with little or no dry season

South China Tiger

South China tigers - the reminder that the threat against the world's tiger is an urgent one.

The only living South China tigers are found in zoos and in South Africa.

There are plans with the hopes of reintroducing captive-bred tigers back into the wild.

They were hunted as pests and their habitat was destroyed

South China Tiger

TOO LATE :(

STATUS

Critically Endangered

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POPULATION

believed to be extinct in the wild

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Panthera tigris amoyensis

HABITATS

Southeast China-Hainan Moist Forests

This list saddens me I will add more soon. Visit the World Wildlife Fund for more information.