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2006 Red List photo gallery

The photographs presented here may be freely used for any non-commercial purpose, but please credit the respective photographers. For commercial use, please contact the photographers directly. For print quality images, please contact Andrew McMullin at mcmullinaiucn.org. Finally, for a wider selection, try ARKive, an online multimedia library of the world's species.

Mammals

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
Status: Vulnerable
Region or habitat: Arctic

Photo © Robert & Carolyn Buchanan

 



Golden-rumped Sengi (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus)
Status: Endangered
Region or habitat: Kenya

Photo © Galen Rathbun


Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Status:Vulnerable
Region or habitat: Sub-saharan Africa

Photo © Jean-Christophe Vié.


Juliana’s Golden Mole (Neamblysomus julianae)
Status :Endangered
Region or habitat: South Africa

Photo © Tim Jackson


Birds

Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)
Status: Endangered
Region or habitat: southwest Mauritius and Ile aux Aigrettes

Photo © Charlie Moores


White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Status: Least Concern
Region or habitat: Europe and European Russia

Photo © Chris Gomersall/RSPB Images.


Reptiles

Iberolacerta cyreni

Status: Endangered
Region or habitat: central mountains of Spain

Photo © Lars Bergendorf


Giant Bronze Gecko (Ailuronyx trachygaster)
Status:Vulnerable
Region or habitat: Seychelles islands of Silhouette and Praslin

Photo © Justin Gerlach


Amphibians

Blue poison frog ( Dendrobates azureus)
Status: Vulnerable
Region or habitat: Vier Gebroeders Mountain, Suriname

Photo © Russ Mittermeier

 



Fish


Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Status: Vulnerable
Region or habitat: tropical and sub-tropical oceans

Photo © Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch


Angel shark (Squatina squatina)
Status: Critically Endangered
Region or habitat: Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Seas

Photo © Simon Rogerson


Manta ray (Manta birostris)
Status: Near Threatened
Region or habitat: Tropical and sub-tropical shelf waters

Photo © Tim Clarke


Telestes polylepis
Status: Critically Endangerd
Region or habitat: a stream in Stanicka Jaruga, Croatia


Photo © Jörg Freyhof


Acanthobrama telavivensis
Status: Extinct in the Wild
Region or habitat: coastal rivers of Israel


Photo © Menachem Goren


Invertebrates

Golden Dancing Jewel (Platycypha auripes)
Region or habitat: forest streams of the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

Photo © Viola Clausnitzer


Shining Macromia Dragonfly (Macromia splendens)
Region or habitat: southwest France and the Iberian Peninsula

Photo © Adolfo Cordero Rivera.


Plants

Pallid squill (Scilla morrisii)
Status: Critically Endangered
Region or habitat: Cyprus

Photo © C.S. Christodoulou


 

Faviero de Wilson (Dimorphandra wilsonii)
Status: Critically Endangered
Region or habitat: Minas Gerais State of southeast Brazil

Photo © Fernando M. Fernandes


Soccarrell bord (Catalan) (Femeniasia balearica)
Status: Critically Endangered
Region or habitat: Balearic Islands, Spain

Photo © Herbari Virtual de les Illes Barears


Fungi

Funcia di basiliscu (Pleurotus nebrodensis)
Status: Critically Endangered
Region or habitat: Sicily, Italy

Photo © Guiseppe Venturella.



 
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