Which of your animals are endangered?

Perth Zoo has a number of animals that fall in to the different IUCN Red List categories. Please look at the list below.

Threatened

Lower Risk

Critically Endangered 

Sumatran Orangutan
Sumatran Tiger
Western Swamp Tortoise
White-cheeked Gibbon
Radiated Tortoise
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur
Cotton-top Tamarin

Near Threatened 

Rothschild’s Giraffe
Southern White Rhinoceros
Koala
Nicobar Pigeon
Northern Quoll
South-west Carpet Python
Tammar Wallaby
Silvery Gibbon
Ring-tailed Lemur
Red-tailed Phascogale

Endangered 

African Painted Dog
Asian Elephant
Baudin’s Cockatoo
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Carnaby’s Cockatoo
Dibbler
Numbat
Woma
Tasmanian Devil
Sun Conure
Emperor Tamarin
Quenda

Least Concern 

All other evaluated species

Vulnerable 

Cheetah
Southern Cassowary
Galapagos Tortoise
Ghost Bat
African Lion
Long-nosed Potoroo
Quokka
Sun Bear
Western Ringtail Possum
Asian Small-clawed Otter
Nepalese Red Panda
Slow Loris
Red-legged Pademelon

 

 

Reference:
2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
www.iucnredlist.org

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