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Endangered Species Guide
Endangered Mammals

[About the IUCN and USFWS.]
red panda
  RED PANDA
IUCN Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Poaching and habitat loss
red wolf
  RED WOLF
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Human persecution and habitat loss
ring-tailed lemur
  RING-TAILED LEMUR
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
USFWS Status: Endangered Major Threat: Habitat loss
ruffed lemur
  RUFFED LEMUR
IUCN Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Deforestation, hunting and exotic pet trade
scimitar-horned oryx
  SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX
IUCN Status: Extinct in the Wild
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Hunting and habitat loss
sea otter
  SEA OTTER
IUCN Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Oil spills
    MORE MAMMALS »

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