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A 'vulnerable species' is a species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve. The following is a very small, non-representative fraction of the 8565 species listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
== Animals

Contents

= Mammalia

Afrosoricida

★ Robust Golden Mole (''Amblysomus robustus'')

★ Arend's Golden Mole (''Carpitalpa arendsi'')

★ Duthie's Golden Mole (''Chlorotalpa duthieae'')

★ Rough-haired Golden Mole (''Chrysospalax villosus'')

★ Web-footed Tenrec (''Limnogale mergulus'')

★ Dryad Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale dryas'')

★ Montane Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale monticola'')

Artiodactyla

★ Dibatag (''Ammodorcas clarkei'')

★ Barbary Sheep (''Ammotragus lervia'')

★ Babirusa (''Babyrousa babyrussa'')

★ Marsh Deer (''Blastocerus dichotomus'')

★ Gaur (''Bos frontalis'')

★ Yak (''Bos grunniens'')

★ Takin (''Budorcas taxicolor'')

★ Wild Goat (''Capra aegagrus'')

★ East Caucasian Tur (''Capra cylindricornis'')

★ Taiwan Serow (''Capricornis swinhoei'')

★ Jentink's Duiker (''Cephalophus jentinki'')

★ Abbott's Duiker (''Cephalophis spadix'')

★ Zebra Duiker (''Cephalophus zebra'')

★ Barasingha (''Cervus duvaucelii'')

★ Eld's Deer (''Cervus eldii'')

★ Beira (''Dorcatragus megalotis'')

★ Dorcas Gazelle (''Gazella dorcas'')

★ Mountain Gazelle (''Gazella gazella'')

★ Red-fronted Gazelle (''Gazella rufifrons'')

★ Soemmerring's Gazelle (''Gazella soemmerringii'')

★ Speke's Gazelle (''Gazella spekei'')

★ Goitered Gazelle (''Gazella subgutturosa'')

★ Himalayan Tahr (''Hemitragus jemlahicus'')

★ Hippopotamus (''Hippopotamus amphibius'')

★ Silver Dik-dik (''Madoqua piacentinii'')

★ Siberian Musk Deer (''Moschus moschiferus'')

★ Hairy-fronted Muntjac (''Muntiacus crinifrons'')

★ Red Goral (''Naemorhedus baileyi'')

★ Chinese Goral (''Naemorhedus caudatus'')

★ Argali (''Ovis ammon'')

★ Mouflon (''Ovis orientalis'')

★ Philippine Warty Pig (''Sus philippensis'')

★ Four-horned Antelope (''Tetracerus quadricornis'')

Carnivora

★ Cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

★ Galapagos Fur Seal (''Arctocephalus galapagoensis'')

★ Juan Fernandez Fur Seal (''Arctocephalus philippii'')

★ Guadalupe Fur Seal (''Arctocephalus townsendi'')

★ Jackson's Mongoose (''Bdeogale jacksoni'')

★ Northern Fur Seal (''Callorhinus ursinus'')

★ Dingo (''Canis lupus dingo'')

★ Asian Golden Cat (''Catopuma temminckii'')

★ Owston's Palm Civet (''Chrotogale owstoni'')

★ Hose's Palm Civet (''Diplogale hosei'')

★ Chinese Mountain Cat (''Felis bieti'')

★ Black-footed Cat (''Felis nigripes'')

★ Malagasy Civet (''Fossa fossana'')

★ Ring-tailed Mongoose (''Galidia elegans'')

★ Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose (''Galidictis fasciata'')

★ Wolverine (''Gulo gulo'')

★ Kodkod (''Leopardus guigna'')

★ Smooth-coated Otter (''Lutrogale perspicillata'')

★ Sulawesi Palm Civet (''Macrogalidia musschenbroekii'')

★ Nilgiri Marten (''Martes gwatkinsii'')

★ Everett's Ferret Badger (''Melogale everetti'')

★ Sloth Bear (''Melursus ursinus'')

★ Black-striped Weasel (''Mustela strigidorsa'')

★ Palawan Stink Badger (''Mydaus marchei'')

★ Clouded Leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa'')

★ Lion (''Panthera leo'')

★ Jerdon's Palm Civet (''Paradoxurus jerdoni'')

★ Marbled Cat (''Pardofelis marmorata'')

★ New Zealand Sea Lion (''Phocarctos hookeri'')

★ Flat-headed Cat (''Prionailurus planiceps'')

★ Rusty-spotted Cat (''Prionailurus rubiginosus'')

★ Fishing Cat (''Prionailurus viverrinus'')

★ African Golden Cat (''Profelis aurata'')

★ Caspian Seal (''Pusa caspica'')

★ Brown-tailed Mongoose (''Salanoia concolor'')

★ Bush Dog (''Speothos venaticus'')

★ Spectacled Bear (''Tremarctos ornatus'')

★ Polar Bear (''Ursus maritimus'')

★ Asiatic Black Bear (''Ursus thibetanus'')

★ Blanford's Fox (''Vulpes cana'')

★ Galápagos Sea Lion (''Zalophus wollebaeki'')

Cetacea

★ Beluga (''Delphinapterus leucas'')

★ Humpback Whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'')

★ Harbour Porpoise (''Phocoena phocoena'')

★ Sperm Whale (''Physeter macrocephalus'')

Dasyuromorphia

★ Kowari (''Dasyuroides byrnei'')

★ New Guinean Quoll (''Dasyurus albopunctatus'')

★ Western Quoll (''Dasyurus geoffroii'')

★ Tiger Quoll (''Dasyurus maculatus'')

★ Bronze Quoll (''Dasyurus spartacus'')

★ Numbat (''Myrmecobius fasciatus'')

★ Alexandria False Antechinus (''Pseudantechinus mimulus'')

★ Tasmanian Devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii'')

Didelphimorphia

★ Black-shouldered Opossum (''Caluromysiops irrupta'')

Rodentia

★ Bolivian Chinchilla Rat (''Abrocoma boliviensis'')

★ Anderson's Squirrel (''Callosciurus quinquestriatus'')

★ Irrawaddy Squirrel (''Callosciurus pygerythrus'')

★ Montane Long-nosed Squirrel (''Hyosciurus heinrichi'')

★ Lowland Long-nosed Squirrel (''Hyosciurus ileile'')

★ Mentawi Flying Squirrel (''Iomys sipora'')

★ Four-striped Ground Squirrel (''Lariscus hosei'')

★ Menzbier's Marmot (''Marmota menzbieri'')

★ Secretive Dwarf Squirrel (''Prosciurillus abstrusus'')

★ Indian Giant Squirrel (''Ratufa indica'')

★ Grizzled Giant Squirrel (''Ratufa macroura'')

★ Forrest's Rock Squirrel (''Sciurotamias forresti'')

★ European Ground Squirrel (''Spermophilus citellus'')

★ Franklin's Ground Squirrel (''Spermophilus franklinii'')

★ Mohave Ground Squirrel (''Spermophilus mohavensis'')

★ Speckled Ground Squirrel (''Spermophilus suslicus'')

★ Washington Ground Squirrel (''Spermophilus washingtoni'')

★ Jentink's Squirrel (''Sundasciurus jentinki'')

★ Palawan Montane Squirrel (''Sundasciurus rabori'')

★ Samar Squirrel (''Sundasciurus samarensis'')

★ Palmer's Chipmunk (''Tamias palmeri'')

Sirenia

★ Dugong (''Dugong dugon'')

★ Amazonian Manatee (''Trichechus inunguis'')

★ West Indian Manatee (''Trichechus manatus'')

★ West African Manatee (''Trichechus senegalensis'')

Soricomorpha

★ Mindanao Shrew (''Crocidura beatus'')

★ Canarian Shrew (''Crocidura canariensis'')

★ Eisentraut's Shrew (''Crocidura eisentrauti'')

★ Glass's Shrew (''Crocidura glassi'')

★ Luzon Shrew (''Crocidura grayi'')

★ Kivu Shrew (''Crocidura kivuana'')

★ Kivu Long-haired Shrew (''Crocidura lanosa'')

★ Lucina's Shrew (''Crocidura lucina'')

★ MacMillan's Shrew (''Crocidura macmillani'')

★ Manenguba Shrew (''Crocidura manengubae'')

★ Nimba Shrew (''Crocidura nimbae'')

★ Oriental Shrew (''Crocidura orientalis'')

★ Palawan Shrew (''Crocidura palawanensis'')

★ Pale Gray Shrew (''Crocidura pergrisea'')

★ Guramba Shrew (''Crocidura phaeura'')

★ Kahuzi Swamp Shrew (''Crocidura stenocephala'')

★ Tanzanian Shrew (''Crocidura tansaniana'')

★ Tarella Shrew (''Crocidura tarella'')

★ Timor Shrew (''Crocidura tenuis'')

★ Cretan Shrew (''Crocidura zimmermanni'')

★ Honduran Small-eared Shrew (''Cryptotis hondurensis'')

★ Talamancan Small-eared Shrew (''Cryptotis gracilis'')

★ Russian Desman (''Desmana moschata'')

★ Japanese Mountain Mole (''Euroscaptor mizura'')

★ Pyrenean Desman (''Galemys pyrenaicus'')

★ Babault's Mouse Shrew (''Myosorex babaulti'')

★ Montane Mouse Shrew (''Myosorex blarina'')

★ Long-tailed Forest Shrew (''Myosorex longicaudatus'')

★ Sclater's Mouse Shrew (''Myosorex sclateri'')

★ Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew (''Myosorex zinki'')

★ Ruwenzori Shrew (''Ruwenzorisorex suncoides'')

★ Arizona Shrew (''Sorex arizonae'')

★ Azumi Shrew (''Sorex hosonoi'')

★ Paramushir Shrew (''Sorex leucogaster'')

★ Carmen Mountain Shrew (''Sorex milleri'')

★ Chinese Shrew (''Sorex sinalis'')

★ Day's Shrew (''Suncus dayi'')

★ Bornean Pygmy Shrew (''Suncus hosei'')

★ Asian Highland Shrew (''Suncus montanus'')

★ Aberdare Mole Shrew (''Surdisorex norae'')

★ Mt. Kenya Mole Shrew (''Surdisorex polulus'')

★ Howell's Forest Shrew (''Sylvisorex howelli'')

★ Mt. Cameroon Forest Shrew (''Sylvisorex morio'')

Peramelemorphia

★ Greater Bilby (''Macrotis lagotis'')

Perissodactyla

★ Onager (''Equus hemionus'')

★ Mongolian Wild Ass (''Equus hemionus hemionus'')
=== Aves

Anseriformes

★ Lesser White-fronted Goose (''Anser erythropus'')

Charadriiformes

★ Craveri's Murrelet (''Synthliboramphus craveri'')

★ Xantus's Murrelet (''Synthliboramphus hypoleucus'')

★ Japanese Murrelet (''Synthliboramphus wumizusume'')

Falconiformes

★ Spanish Imperial Eagle (''Aquila adalberti'')

Galliformes

★ Bruijn's Brush-turkey (''Aepypodius bruijnii'')

★ White-breasted Guineafowl (''Agelastes meleagrides'')

★ Bearded Wood-partridge (''Dendrortyx barbatus'')

★ Greater Prairie Chicken (''Tympanuchus cupido'')

Gruiformes

★ Calayan Rail (''Gallirallus calayanensis'')

Passeriformes

★ Bicknell's Thrush (''Catharus bicknelli'')

★ White-throated Jay (''Cyanolyca mirabilis'')

★ Abbott's Starling (''Cinnyricinclus femoralis'')

★ Dwarf Jay (''Cyanolyca nana'')

★ Golden-winged Laughingthrush (''Garrulax ngoclinhensis'')

★ Moustached Antpitta (''Grallaria alleni'')

★ Santa Marta Antpitta (''Grallaria bangsi'')

★ 'Anianiau (''Hemignathus parvus'')

★ Rudd's Lark (''Heteromirafra ruddi'')

★ Atlantic Royal Flycatcher (''Onychorhynchus swainsoni'')

★ Galápagos Martin (''Progne modesta'')

★ Peruvian Martin (''Progne murphyi'')

★ Rusty-headed Spinetail (''Synallaxis fuscorufa'')

★ Hoary-throated Spinetail (''Synallaxis kollari'')

★ Santa Marta Wren (''Troglodytes monticola'')

★ Rock Wren (''Xenicus gilviventris'')

★ White-winged Warbler (''Xenoligea montana'')

Pelecaniformes

★ Ascension Frigatebird (''Fregata aquila'')

★ King Shag (''Phalacrocorax carunculatus'')

★ Auckland Shag (''Phalacrocorax colensoi'')

★ Bounty Island Shag (''Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi'')

Piciformes

★ Fernandina's Flicker (''Colaptes fernandinae'')

Procellariiformes

★ Antipodean Albatross (''Diomedea antipodensis'')

★ Southern Royal Albatross (''Diomedea epomophora'')

★ Wandering Albatross (''Diomedea exulans'')

★ Laysan Albatross (''Phoebastria immutabilis'')

★ White-chinned Petrel (''Procellaria aequinoctialis'')

★ Parkinson's Petrel (''Procellaria parkinsoni'')

★ Westland Petrel (''Procellaria westlandica'')

★ Gould's Petrel (''Pterodroma leucoptera'')

★ Providence Petrel (''Pterodroma solandri'')

★ Heinroth's Shearwater (''Puffinus heinrothi'')

★ Buller's Albatross (''Thalassarche bulleri'')

★ Grey-headed Albatross (''Thalassarche chrysostoma'')

★ Campbell Albatross (''Thalassarche impavida'')

★ Salvin's Albatross (''Thalassarche salvini'')

Psittaciformes

★ Moluccan Cockatoo (''Cacatua moluccensis'')

★ Red-crowned Parakeet (''Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae'')

★ Rusty-faced Parrot (''Hapalopsittaca amazonina'')

★ Pesquet's Parrot (''Psittrichas fulgidus'')

Sphenisciformes

★ Southern Rockhopper Penguin (''Eudyptes chrysocome'')

★ Macaroni Penguin (''Eudyptes chrysolophus'')

★ Fiordland Penguin (''Eudyptes pachyrhynchus'')

★ Snares Penguin (''Eudyptes robustus'')

★ Royal Penguin (''Eudyptes schlegeli'')

★ African penguin (''Spheniscus demersus'')

★ Humboldt Penguin (''Spheniscus humboldti'')

Strigiformes

★ Cinnabar Hawk Owl (''Ninox ios'')

★ White-fronted Scops Owl (''Otus sagittatus'')

★ Javan Scops Owl (''Otus angelinae'')

Struthioniformes

★ Little Spotted Kiwi (''Apteryx owenii'')

★ Great Spotted Kiwi (''Apteryx haastii'')

★ Tokoeka (''Apteryx australis'')

★ Northern Cassowary (''Casuarius unappendiculatus'')

★ Southern Cassowary (''Casuarius casuarius'')
== Plants

External links==

★ IUCN List of Vulnerable Species