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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 8,565 species listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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Animals
Mammalia
Didelphimorphia
- Chacoan Pygmy Opossum (Chacodelphys formosa)
Peramelemorphia
- Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
Dasyuromorphia
- Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)
- Broad-striped Dasyure (Paramurexia rothschildi)
- White-footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus)
Rodentia
- Lowland Long-nosed Squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)
- Menzbier's Marmot (Marmota menzbieri)
- European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
Afrosoricida
- Robust Golden Mole (Amblysomus robustus)
- Arend's Golden Mole (Carpitalpa arendsi)
- Duthie's Golden Mole (Chlorotalpa duthieae)
- Rough-haired Golden Mole (Chrysospalax villosus)
- Dryad Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dryas)
- Montane Shrew Tenrec (Microgale monticola)
Insectivora
- Eisentraut's Shrew (Crocidura eisentrauti)
- Smoky White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura fumosa)
- Glass's Shrew (Crocidura glassi)
- Kivu Shrew (Crocidura kivuana)
- Lucina's Shrew (Crocidura lucina)
- MacMillan's Shrew (Crocidura macmillani)
- Manenguba Shrew (Crocidura manengubae)
- Oriental Shrew (Crocidura orientalis)
- Timor Shrew (Crocidura tenuis)
- Cretan Shrew (Crocidura zimmermanni)
- Talamancan Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis gracilis)
- Russian Desman (Desmana moschata)
- 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)
- Carmen Mountain Shrew (Sorex milleri)
- Bornean Pygmy Shrew (Suncus hosei)
- Asian Highland Shrew (Suncus montanus)
- Aberdare Mole Shrew (Surdisorex norae)
- Mt. Kenya Mole Shrew (Surdisorex polulus)
- Cameroonian Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex camerunensis)
- Howell's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex howelli)
- Arrogant Shrew (Sylvisorex morio)
Chiroptera
- Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
- Banana Bat (Musonycteris harrisoni)
Carnivora
- Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
- Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
- Owston's Palm Civet (Chrotogale owstoni)
- Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
- Hose's Palm Civet (Diplogale hosei)
- Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
- Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus)
- Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)
- Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
- Sulawesi Palm Civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii)
- Nilgiri Marten (Martes gwatkinsii)
- Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
- Colombian Weasel (Mustela felipei)
- Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
- Lion (Panthera leo)
- Golden Palm Civet (Paradoxurus zeylonensis)
- Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata)
- Rusty-spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)
- Brown-tailed Mongoose (Salanoia concolor)
- Pygmy Spotted Skunk (Spilogale pygmaea)
- Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
- Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
- Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus)
Pinnipeda
- Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
- Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)
- Whakahao (Phocarctos hookeri)
Sirenia
- Dugong (Dugong dugong)
- Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis)
- West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
- West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis)
Perissodactyla
- Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
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)
- Zebra Duiker (Cephalophus zebra)
- Barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii)
- Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis)
- Dorcas Gazelle (Gazella dorcas)
- Mountain Gazelle (Gazella gazella)
- Red-fronted Gazelle (Gazella rufifrons)
- Soemmerring's Gazelle (Gazella soemmerringii)
- Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa)
- 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)
- Philippine Warty Pig (Sus philippensis)
- Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)
Cetacea
- Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)
- Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Chondricthyes
- Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Aves
Anseriformes
- Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Charadriiformes
- Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri)
- Xantus's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)
- Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
Columbiformes
- Western Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata)
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)
- I'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea)
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)
- Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
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)
- Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
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
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- Malus sieversii
- Delonix regia
- Venus Flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula)
- Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut tree)
- Sequoiadendron
- Longleaf Pine
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