# Critically endangered animals we could lose

Some of the most threatened species on the planet, classed as critically endangered by the IUCN and highlighted by WWF and the World Economic Forum. Vote for the one you would most like to see saved.

- 35 votes · 16 items
- Jun 8, 2019 · Róisín D.
- https://even.best/en/l/1106/critically-endangered-animals-we-could-lose

## Top 15

1. **Vaquita** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The world's smallest porpoise, found only in the northern Gulf of California; drowning in illegal gillnets.
2. **Sumatran tiger** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The last tigers of the Sunda Islands, threatened by palm-oil deforestation.
3. **Yangtze finless porpoise** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The last cetacean of the Yangtze after the river dolphin baiji vanished.
4. **Bornean orangutan** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Critically endangered by deforestation and hunting.
5. **Sumatran elephant** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Lost about half its population in one generation.
6. **Javan rhino** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The rarest rhino, surviving only in Ujung Kulon National Park, Java.
7. **Amur leopard** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The rarest big cat, in the Russian Far East and north-east China.
8. **Sumatran rhino** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The smallest and hairiest rhino, scattered in tiny populations in Indonesia.
9. **Western lowland gorilla** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Threatened by poaching and the Ebola virus.
10. **Black rhino** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Poached for its horn; still critically endangered despite its recovery.
11. **Saola** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The "Asian unicorn" of Vietnam and Laos, discovered only in 1992 and almost never seen.
12. **Axolotl** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Mexican salamander that keeps its larval form, now nearly gone from the wild in Xochimilco.
13. **Sumatran orangutan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lost most of its population in the last 75 years as its forests disappear.
14. **Kakapo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — New Zealand's flightless, nocturnal parrot, saved by an intensive recovery plan.
15. **Cross River gorilla** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The rarest gorilla, on the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
16. **Hawksbill turtle** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Hunted for its beautiful shell, the source of tortoiseshell.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.