Siberian tigers, Javanese rhinos or saola are rare animals classified as the most endangered in the world due to the effects of climate change and widespread hunting.
1. Ivory-billed woodpecker
The ivory woodpecker has or is living in southeastern United States and Cuba. This bird was once thought to be extinct. However, some reports in 2004 and 2006 showed that this species reappeared in Arkansas and Florida, USA. However, the evidence of the existence of this woodpecker is quite vague. Experts say that if they exist, the number of birds is very small and they are vulnerable. The disappearance of this species is thought to be due to human encroachment which limits the habitat and hunting activities of bird feathers.
2. Newspaper Amur
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The Amur newspaper ( Panthera pardus orientalis ) is a rare species of leopard that only lives in deserted and snow-covered forests in Primorye, eastern Russia. This leopard used to live in South Korea and northern China, but they are extinct in these areas. The threats to Amur include the loss of habitat due to logging, human hunting and global climate change.
3. Javan rhinoceros
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Javan rhinoceros is the most dangerous of the five rhinos in the world. The number of surviving individuals currently ranges from 40-60 individuals, living in western Java island, Indonesia, in Ujung Kulon National Park. The last Javan rhino in Vietnam's Cat Tien National Park was killed by poachers in 2011. This rhino has lived in Southeast Asian countries, but hunting for horns has made this species. almost extinct.
4. Northern Sportive lemur
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This lemur currently has less than 20 individuals living in the natural environment. They live mainly in Madagascar, off the southeast coast of Africa. The decline in the number of Northern Sportive lemurs is due to hunting and lack of habitat in the forests.
5. Northern Right whale
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Northern Right whales currently only have 350 children living in Canadian and US seas. This fish not only contains a lot of fish oil but also floats to the surface after death so it is easy to handle. Although the Northern Right whales are now protected, the number of fish keeps falling because of the catch for commercial purposes.
6. Saola
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Saola ( Pseudoryx nghetinhensis ), one of the rarest mammals in the world, lives in remote mountainous areas in Truong Son range in Vietnam and Laos. This species is highly endangered in nature, ranked at the endangered level in the Red Book of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and in the Red Book of Vietnam. Sao la was first seen in 1992.
7. Leatherback sea turtles
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Leatherback sea turtle ( Demochelys coriacea ) is the largest turtle in the world and has a range of activities all over the world. They are classified as rare and endangered species that are threatened with extinction. According to IUCN, the number of adult turtles in the world in 1982 was 115,000. 14 years later, the number dropped to only 20,000-30,000. The theft of turtle eggs, illegal hunting and habitat loss have caused this turtle to disappear.
8. Siberian tiger
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Siberian tigers or Amur tigers are the largest cat family in the world, weighing up to 300 kg. Unlike other species, Siberian tigers live in icy birch forests in the Far East of Russia and in China and South Korea. They are classified as the world's most endangered animal species. The number of tigers in the world today is only about 500.
9. Giant Chinese salamanders
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Andrias davidianas ( Andrias davidianas ) is the largest amphibian in the world, with a body length of up to 1.8 m. This species lives mainly in southern, southwest and central China. They often live in streams in the forest and may have 500 eggs at a time. This species almost completely disappears in nature because they are hunted for food.
10. Small Dodo Bird (Little Dodo)
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Dodo birds, also known as Manumea birds, live in Samoa in the western Pacific Ocean. Although this bird has a body length of only 30 cm, it is in fact a relative of the large Dodo (big Dodo). Large Dodo birds were extinct 400 years ago. The danger of extinction is also a threat to small Dodo birds.
