Critically Endangered
What does it mean?
A Critically Endangered species is categorized as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
Critically Endangered
Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assesses animals through five criteria to determine an animal's status. These criteria include Population Size Reduction, Reduction Across a Geographic Region, Population Decline, Population Size Reduction, and Probability of Extinction.
Declared extinct in the wild in the 1980s
Human-based mortality (gunshots/vehicle collisions) cause for status
False reputation of being aggressive and sly
Actually skittish and shy, not a threat to humans
Fewer than 20 in the wild and about 250 under human care
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