Animal conservation has lately been one of the important concerns globally. With more and more animals falling into the endangered category, there is world wide awareness to save these species. Endangered species refers to a population of animals that is inching closer to extinction day by day, due to changing environmental conditions or predation limitations. World Conservation union (IUCN) has listed as much as 40 percent of the animal species in the present world as endangered. Another organization working in this regard is U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), a prestigious organization dedicated to the management and preservation of wildlife in the United States of America.
USFWS monitors a record of the endangered, vulnerable and critically endangered species of animals. It has designed laws as well, in order to protect threatened and endangered species from extinction. Many other nations have also resorted to laws, which ensure the protection of these endangered species, like forbidding hunting, restricting land development or even creating reserves, the danger of the animals getting extinct seems to be surmounting with the passing days. Read on to find a list of endangered and critically endangered animals, which are on the verge of extinction.
Endangered Animals
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Animal
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IUCN Status
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USFWS Status
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Major Threats
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Addax
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting and habitat loss
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African Wild Ass
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting and habitat loss
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African Wild Dog
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Habitat loss and poaching
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ANOA
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting and habitat loss
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Arabian Oryx
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting
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ASIAN BUFFALO
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Endangered
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N/A
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Hunting, interbreeding with domestic stocks and habitat loss
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Asian Elephant
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Loss of suitable habitat
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Aye-Aye
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Habitat loss and persecution
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Bactrian Camel
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting and competition with livestock
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Baiji
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Critically Endangered
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N/N
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Boat collisions, loss of prey species, pollution and dams
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Baird's Tapir
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting and habitat destruction
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Bearded Saki
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting, habitat destruction and fragmentation
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Black-Footed Ferret
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Extinct in the Wild
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Endangered
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Loss of prey species, habitat loss and disease
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Blue Whale
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Noise and other environmental pollution
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Bonobo
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Endangered
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N/A
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Habitat loss and hunting
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Cheetah
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Vulnerable
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Endangered
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Habitat loss, loss of prey species, inbreeding and infant mortality
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Chimpanzee
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting and habitat loss
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Giant Armadillo
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Vulnerable
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Endangered
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Habitat loss and hunting
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Giant Otter
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Endangered
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Endangered
|
Habitat destruction
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Giant Panda
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Habitat loss, poaching and human encroachment
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Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
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Endangered
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N/A
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Hunting and habitat loss
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Gorilla
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Habitat loss and hunting
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Gray Wolf
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N/A
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Endangered
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Human persecution and habitat loss
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Hawaiian Monk Seal
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Habitat loss and disturbance to breeding grounds
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Hirola
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Critically Endangered
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N/A
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Poaching and habitat loss
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Humpback Whale
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Vulnerable
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Endangered
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Commercial whaling
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Iberian Lynx
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
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Loss of habitat and prey species
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Indiana Bat
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Pollution, poaching, collision with boats, fishing nets and habitat loss
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Iranian Jerboa
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Critically Endangered
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N/A
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Restricted range and habitat loss
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Jaguar
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N/A
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Endangered
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Competition with domestic species, hunting and habitat loss
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Javan Rhinoceros
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
|
Hunting and habitat loss
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Maned Three-Toed Sloth
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Continuing deforestation
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Maned Wolf
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting, habitat loss and disease
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Mountain Zebra
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting and habitat loss
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Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
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Habitat loss and degradation
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Ocelot
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N/A
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Endangered
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Loss of habitat
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Orangutan
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Endangered
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Endangered
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Hunting, habitat loss and the illegal pet trade
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Panther
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N/A
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Endangered
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Hunting and habitat loss
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Przewalski's Horse
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N/A
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Endangered
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Loss of grazing habitat
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Pygmy Hippopotamus
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Endangered
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N/A
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Illegal hunting and habitat loss
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Red Panda
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Endangered
|
N/A
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Poaching and habitat loss
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Red Wolf
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
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Human persecution and habitat loss
|
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Ring-Tailed Lemur
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Vulnerable
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Endangered
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Habitat loss
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Ruffed Lemur
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Endangered
|
N/A
|
Deforestation, hunting and exotic pet trade
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Scimitar-Horned Oryx
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Extinct in the Wild
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N/A
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Hunting and habitat loss
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Sea Otter
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Endangered
|
N/A
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Oil spills
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Slender Loris
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Endangered
|
N/A
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Deforestation
|
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Snow Leopard
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Endangered
|
Endangered
|
Loss of prey species, declining habitat, poaching and persecution
|
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Sperm Whale
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Vulnerable
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Endangered
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Hunting, being caugh in fishing gear and colliding with ships
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Sumatran Rhinoceros
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Critically Endangered
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Endangered
|
Poaching and habitat destruction
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Tiger
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Endangered
|
Endangered
|
Poaching, habitat loss and loss of prey species
|
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Vicuna
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N/A
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Endangered
|
Illegal hunting
|
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Western Giant Eland
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N/A
|
Endangered
|
Habitat loss due to agricultural expansion
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Yellow-Breasted Capuchin
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Critically Endangered
|
N/A
|
Hunting, habitat loss and the illegal pet trade
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