In the great chain of evolution,
species are known to adapt or disappear.
But this is changed to because of the massive influence of humans on the environment, and today a quarter of mammals are threatened and subject
protection.
The action of each of us can save them.
Official sources :
| IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| TESS |
Threatened and Endangered Species System |
| US ESA |
Endangered Species Act Status Codes |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund For Nature |
The categories of threats :
EX => Extinct
CR => Critically Endangered
EN => Endangered
VU => Vulnérable
LR => Lower Risk
DD => Data Deficient
LC => Least Concern
Appendix I et II =>Endangered
Appendix III => Threatened
Rare
Endangered => Endangered
Threatened => Species under control
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Threatened reason :
- Pollution
- Modification of habitat (deforestation, urbanization, fire ,...)
- Hunting, poaching
- Introduction of competing species, predators
or harmful
- Global Warming
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Some families of mammals are severely threatened and experts predict the complete disappearance of many species or subspecies in the decades to come.
Access to the Table of threatened mammals, classified by order
Click on the order chosen to access the Threats Table
| Deforestation and Introduction of species |
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MONOTREME |
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Hunting, poaching |
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CARNIVORS |
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MARSUPIALA |
PINNIPEDS |
| Deforestation and hunting |
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XENARTHRA |
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Development of agriculture, pollution |
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INSECTIVORS |
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PHOLIDOTA |
AFROSORICIDS |
| Restriction of the habitat, intensive agriculture |
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LAGOMORPHS |
SCANDENTIENS |
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RODENTS |
MACROSCELIDS |
| Hunting, fishing, pollution |
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CETACEANS |
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Hunting, poaching |
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PROBOSCIDS |
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SIRENIA |
HYRACOIDS |
| Hunting, pollution, deforestation |
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CHIROPTERA |
TUBULIDENTE |
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DERMOPTERS |
PERISSODACTYLS |
| Deforestation, captures |
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PRIMATES |
ARTIODACTYLS |
Over 450 species of mammals have disappeared from the planet in a few centuries.
Human intervention are the main reason
To see the list of extinct species since 1900 =>
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