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Endangered Species Guide
Endangered Mammals

[About the IUCN and USFWS.]
slender loris
  SLENDER LORIS
IUCN Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Deforestation
snow leopard
  SNOW LEOPARD
IUCN Status: Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Loss of prey species, declining habitat, poaching and persecution
sperm whale
  SPERM WHALE
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threats: Hunting, being caugh in fishing gear and colliding with ships
sumatran rhinoceros
  SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Poaching and habitat destruction
tiger
  TIGER
IUCN Status: Endangered
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Poaching, habitat loss and loss of prey species
vicuna
  VICUNA
USFWS Status: Endangered
Major Threat: Illegal hunting
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