Wildlife Conservation Organization
Photo credit: Tim Davenport The Kipunji, Rungwecebus kipunji, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Endemic to Tanzania, the Kipunji is Africa’s most recently discovered primate, having been first found in 2003. Continue Reading
Photo credit: Navendu Lad Jerdon’s Courser, Rhinoptilus bitorquatus, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. The single, small and declining population of this poorly known long-legged wading bird can only be found Continue Reading
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Photo credit: Icon Images/Newspix The Pygmy Hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. Considerably less common than its larger relative, the Pygmy Hippo is restricted to the West African countries Continue Reading
Photo credit: David Insall The Arabian Tahr, Arabitragus jayakari, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This relative of the wild goat is confined to the mountains of northern Oman and the United Continue Reading