Endangered Species In Southeast Asia

This was a program to assess the conservation status of world’s mammal species for the iucn red list of threatened species, and showed that southeast asia had by far the highest concentration of.

Endangered species in southeast asia. The red list is the world’s most comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of plant and animal species. Even with their immense size there is still a lot of unknowns when it comes to whale sharks. The species is considered critically endangered by the iucn.

Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. In southeast asia, five countries have national animals of their own. This list combines species from several endangered species lists.

One of the most prominent of these species is the asian elephant. Big mammals are not the only ones threatened in the region. Southeast asia sits almost entirely in the tropics, and as such, is covered in rich, dense, biologically diverse jungle.

Other than that, the great apes of southeast asia, said to be the most endangered ape species, are at risk of extinction due to deforestation. Mammals that dwell in middle eastern countries between africa and asia. The kipunji, which is sometimes called the highland mangabey and scientifically known as rungwecebus kipunji, is endemic to the highland forests of tanzania.

Once the most widespread of asian rhinoceroses, the javan rhinoceros ranged from the islands of java and sumatra, throughout southeast asia, and into india and china. Seladang (southeast asia) siamang (indonesia, malaysia) t. At least one fifth of mammals in southeast asia are endangered.

Reptiles that dwell in or migrate to any nation or region found on the asian continent and many surrounding islands. By university of east anglia. The species is critically endangered , with only one known population in the wild, and no individuals in captivity.