Endangered Species

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Leucospermum muirii plant (alt text from Wikimedia)

Leucospermum muirii is a rounded, upright, evergreen shrub of about 1+1⁄2 m (4.9 ft) high, with a single trunk at its base, that is assigned to the Proteaceae.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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“The Turtle Bank: South Carolina's pine forests become a "haven" for endangered turtles of Asia” — Moneycontrol

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Chloroxylon swietenia seen in Ragihalli forest (alt text from Wikimedia)

Chloroxylon swietenia, the Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood, is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus Chloroxylon.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Oahu stenogyne (Stenogyne kanehoana : Lamiaceae). Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Critically Endangered (CE) per IUCN criteria. Oʻahu (cultivated). (alt text from Wikimedia)

Stenogyne kanehoana is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Oahu stenogyne.

IUCN status: Critically Endangered

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Peters' keeled plated lizard (Tracheloptychus petersi), Reserve Reniala, Madagascar (alt text from Wikimedia)

Tracheloptychus petersi, commonly known as Peters's keeled cordylid, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Western pond turtle from California (alt text from Wikimedia)

The western pond turtle, also known commonly as the Pacific pond turtle is a species of small to medium-sized turtle in the family Emydidae.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Simpsonichthys constanciae, male specimen (alt text from Wikimedia)

Simpsonichthys constanciae is a species of killifish from the family Rivulidae that is endemic to Brazil.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata), Glen Alice, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia (alt text from Wikimedia)

The diamond firetail is a species of estrildid finch that is endemic to Australia.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Leucadendrum procerum, female flowerhead; Clanwilliam Wild Flower Show, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa (alt text from Wikimedia)

Leucadendron procerum, the ivory conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Banksia sphaerocarpa at Mt Trio, Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia (alt text from Wikimedia)

Banksia sphaerocarpa, commonly known as the fox banksia or round-fruit banksia, is a species of shrub or tree in the plant genus Banksia.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Helicopter catfish (Wallagonia leerii) (alt text from Wikimedia)

Wallago attu, boal, or helicopter catfish, is a species of freshwater catfish of the family Siluridae, native to South and Southeast Asia.

IUCN status: Vulnerable

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Ara ambiguus, Större soldatara (alt text from Wikimedia)

The great green macaw, also known as Buffon's macaw or the great military macaw, is a critically endangered Central and South America parrot found in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

IUCN status: Critically Endangered

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Udzungwa Red Colobus monkey, photographed in Udzungwe NP (alt text from Wikimedia)

The Udzungwa red colobus, also known as the Uzungwa red colobus or Iringa red colobus, is a species of the primate family Cercopithecidae that is endemic to riverine and montane forests in the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.

IUCN status: Vulnerable