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endangered species list.
Using the total at the bottom of this page as an official count of endangered species of the world is
. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our
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| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range |
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1. |
Angular Rough Shark
|
Oxynotus centrina |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
2. |
Audouin's Gull
|
Larus audouinii |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
3. |
Black-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa limosa |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
4. |
Blackchin Guitarfish
|
Rhinobatos cemiculus |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
5. |
Calopteryx syriaca
|
Calopteryx syriaca |
Insects |
Israel, Israel (Palestinian Territory, Occupied), Jordan, Lebanon, Syria |
6. |
Cape Shark
|
Squalus acanthias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
7. |
Coenagrion syriacum
|
Coenagrion syriacum |
Insects |
Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey |
8. |
Common Bentwing Bat
|
Miniopterus schreibersii |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
9. |
Common Guitarfish
|
Rhinobatos rhinobatos |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
10. |
Cyrtopodion amictopholis
|
Cyrtopodion amictopholis |
Reptiles |
Lebanon, Syria |
11. |
Dalmatian Pelican
|
Pelecanus crispus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
12. |
Desert Monitor
|
Varanus griseus |
Reptiles |
Asia, Africa, and the Middle East |
13. |
Dusky Grouper
|
Epinephelus marginatus |
Fishes |
Africa, Europe, Middle East, South America |
14. |
Egyptian Vulture
![WATCH A LIVE EGYPTIAN VULTURE](images/webcam.gif) |
Neophron percnopterus |
Birds |
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
15. |
Estuary Cod
|
Epinephelus coioides |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic |
16. |
Euphrates Jerboa
|
Allactaga euphratica |
Mammals |
Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey |
17. |
Eurasian Curlew
|
Numenius arquata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
18. |
Eurasian Otter
|
Lutra lutra |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
19. |
Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
![WATCH A LIVE EURASIAN PEREGRINE FALCON](images/webcam.gif) |
Falco peregrinus peregrinus |
Birds |
Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
20. |
European Eel
|
Anguilla anguilla |
Fishes |
European coasts from the Black Sea to the White Sea (Russia), Rivers of the North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean Seas |
21. |
European Marbled Polecat
|
Vormela peregusna |
Mammals |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
22. |
Fire Salamander
|
Salamandra infraimmaculata |
Amphibians |
Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey |
|
23. |
Fraas' Lizard
|
Lacerta fraasii |
Reptiles |
Lebanon |
24. |
Giant Butterfly Ray
|
Gymnura altavela |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
25. |
Gray Nurse Shark
|
Carcharias taurus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
26. |
Great White Shark
|
Carcharodon carcharias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America |
27. |
Gunther's Cylindrical Skink
|
Chalcides guentheri |
Reptiles |
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria |
28. |
Lacerta kulzeri
|
Lacerta kulzeri |
Reptiles |
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria |
29. |
Lebanon Viper
|
Montivipera bornmuelleri |
Reptiles |
Lebanon, Syria |
30. |
Lesser Kestrel
|
Falco naumanni |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
31. |
Little Bustard
|
Tetrax tetrax |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
32. |
Liver-oil Shark
|
Galeorhinus galeus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America |
33. |
Long-fingered Bat
|
Myotis capaccinii |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
34. |
Long-nosed Skate
|
Dipturus oxyrinchus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
35. |
Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat
|
Rhinolophus euryale |
Mammals |
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia (Eurasia), Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
36. |
Mediterranean Monk Seal
|
Monachus monachus |
Mammals |
Mediterranean Sea, Northwest African Coast and Black Sea |
37. |
Onychogomphus macrodon
|
Onychogomphus macrodon |
Insects |
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey |
38. |
Pallid Harrier
|
Circus macrourus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
39. |
Potamon setiger
|
Potamon setiger |
Crustaceans |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
40. |
Potamon potamios
|
Potamon potamios |
Crustaceans |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
41. |
Pseudophoxinus syriacus
|
Pseudophoxinus syriacus |
Fishes |
Lebanon |
42. |
Pseudophoxinus kervillei
|
Pseudophoxinus kervillei |
Fishes |
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria |
43. |
Rabbitfish
|
Chimaera monstrosa |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
44. |
Red Kite
|
Milvus milvus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
|
45. |
Red Porgy
|
Pagrus pagrus |
Fishes |
Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Mexico, United States |
46. |
Rosalia Longicorn
|
Rosalia alpina |
Insects |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
47. |
Saker Falcon
|
Falco cherrug |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe |
48. |
Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard
|
Acanthodactylus schreiberi |
Reptiles |
Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey |
49. |
Sociable Lapwing
|
Vanellus gregarius |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
50. |
Sooty Shearwater
|
Ardenna grisea |
Birds |
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
51. |
Striped Hyena
|
Hyaena hyaena |
Mammals |
Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Europe |
52. |
Syrian Serin
|
Serinus syriacus |
Birds |
Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria |
53. |
White Grouper
|
Epinephelus aeneus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
54. |
Yelkouan Shearwater
|
Puffinus yelkouan |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |