The Siberian Tiger is a subspecies of tiger that is endangered; three subspecies of tiger are already extinct.^[1]

An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of be...

American Bison
B. b. bison Alternate image Historic drawing Bison call audio
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Bison Species: B. bison
Binomial name
Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
B. b. athabascae B. b. bison
Synonyms
Bos americanus

The American Bison (Bison bison) is a Nor...

Sea Otter
A sea otter wraps itself in kelp in Morro Bay, California.
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Subfamily: Lutrinae Genus: Enhydra Fleming, 1828 Species: E. lutris
Binomial name
Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Modern and historical range

The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native ...

Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Subclass: Anapsida Order: Testudines Family: Cheloniidae Genus: Caretta Rafinesque, 1814 Species: C. caretta
Binomial name
Caretta caretta Linnaeus, 1758

The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) is a sea turtle and the only member of the genus Caretta. The genus name "Caretta" is a latinization of the French...

Santa Cruz long-toed salamander
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Caudata Family: Ambystomatidae Genus: Ambystoma Species: A. macrodactylum Subspecies: A. m. croceum
Trinomial name
Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum Russell & Anderson, 1956

The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) is an endangered subspecies of the long-toed sa...

Asian Arowana
Super red arowana
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Osteoglossiformes Family: Osteoglossidae Genus: Scleropages Species: S. formosus Additional species disputed (see text)
Binomial name
Scleropages formosus Müller and Schlegel, 1844

The asian arowana is referred to several varieties of freshwater fish all in the genus Scleropages. Some s...

Iberian Lynx
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Lynx Species: L. pardinus
Binomial name
Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827)

The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), sometimes referred to as the Spanish lynx, is a critically endangered species native to the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe. It is the most endangered...

Arakan forest turtle
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Bataguridae Subfamily: Geoemydinae Genus: Heosemys Species: H. depressa
Binomial name
Heosemys depressa (Anderson, 1875)[1]

The Arakan Forest Turtle (Heosemys depressa) is an extremely rare turtle species which lives o...

Gharial
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodilia Family: Gavialidae Genus: Gavialis Species: G. gangeticus
Binomial name
Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789)

The gharial (Hindi : घऱियाल, Marathi : सुसर Susar) (Gavialis gangeticus), sometimes called the Indian gavial or gavial, is one of two surviving members of the fami...

Dhole[1] Fossil range: Post Pleistocene[2]-Recent
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[3]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Subfamily: Caninae Genus: Cuon Hodgson, 1838 Species: C. alpinus
Binomial name
Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811)
Dhole range

The Dhole (Cuon alpinus), also known as the Asiatic Wild Dog, Indian Wild Dog, or Red Dog, is a species of Asian canid, and t...

African Wild Dog or Prairie Dogs [1]
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Subfamily: Caninae Genus: Lycaon Brookes, 1827 Species: L. pictus
Binomial name
Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820)
African Wild Dog range
Synonyms
Canis pictus

The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family, found o...

Giant Panda
Panda at National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ailuropoda Species: A. melanoleuca
Binomial name
Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869)
Giant Panda range
Subspecies
A. melanoleuca melanoleuca A. melanoleuca qinlingensis

The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally meaning "c...

Island Fox[1]
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Genus: Urocyon Species: U. littoralis
Binomial name
Urocyon littoralis (Baird, 1857)
Range map

The Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox that is native to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. It is the second smallest fox species in the United Sta...