Region
Endangered animals of Asia
Threatened species from the Himalayas and Southeast Asian forests to East Asia. Each record shows the species' global IUCN Red List category and links to authoritative sources. National legal status is separate — see the note below.
101 records · last reviewed
Data limitations
- These are educational summaries, not the official assessment. Conservation status can change as new science and threats emerge.
- We show the global IUCN Red List category. A species' national or local legal status can differ from its global category — national Red Books and protected-species laws vary by country.
- Each record shows a last-verified date and a data-confidence flag so you can see how current and how checked it is.
- Always verify the current status on the official IUCN Red List and the relevant national wildlife authority. FaunaHub does not replace conservation authorities.
Dataset last reviewed: Full data methodology →
Threatened species of Asia
Bali Myna
Leucopsar rothschildi
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingBeluga Sturgeon
Huso huso
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Source of beluga caviar; heavily affected by overfishing.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingBengal Florican
Houbaropsis bengalensis
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingBornean Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
Index record onlySource review pendingBowmouth Guitarfish
Rhina ancylostoma
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingBurmese Roofed Turtle
Batagur trivittata
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Index record onlySource review pendingChinese Alligator
Alligator sinensis
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingChinese Bahaba
Bahaba taipingensis
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingChinese Giant Salamander
Andrias davidianus
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
One of the largest living amphibians.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingChinese Pangolin
Manis pentadactyla
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingChinese Sturgeon
Acipenser sinensis
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingChristmas Frigatebird
Fregata andrewsi
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingEgyptian Tortoise
Testudo kleinmanni
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Index record onlySource review pendingGanges Shark
Glyphis gangeticus
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingGharial
Gavialis gangeticus
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Trend unknown
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewGiant Ibis
Thaumatibis gigantea
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingGreat Indian Bustard
Ardeotis nigriceps
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingHainan Gibbon
Nomascus hainanus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Often cited as the world's rarest ape.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingHelmeted Hornbill
Rhinoplax vigil
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingIndian Vulture
Gyps indicus
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingJavan Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sondaicus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingKaluga
Huso dauricus
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingMekong Giant Catfish
Pangasianodon gigas
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingPhilippine Cockatoo
Cacatua haematuropygia
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingPhilippine Crocodile
Crocodylus mindorensis
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingPhilippine Eagle
Pithecophaga jefferyi
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingRed-headed Vulture
Sarcogyps calvus
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingRed-shanked Douc
Pygathrix nemaeus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingRussian Sturgeon
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingSakhalin Sturgeon
Acipenser mikadoi
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingSaola
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
One of the rarest large mammals; rarely seen since its 1992 description.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingShip Sturgeon
Acipenser nudiventris
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingSiamese Crocodile
Crocodylus siamensis
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Index record onlySource review pendingSiberian Crane
Leucogeranus leucogeranus
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingSlender-billed Vulture
Gyps tenuirostris
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingSpoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingSumatran Orangutan
Pongo abelii
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewSumatran Rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingSunda Pangolin
Manis javanica
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Pangolins are widely reported among the most trafficked wild mammals.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingTapanuli Orangutan
Pongo tapanuliensis
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Described in 2017; one of the most range-restricted great apes, in the Batang Toru ecosystem of Sumatra.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Smithsonian's National Zoo
Index record onlySource review pendingTonkin Snub-nosed Monkey
Rhinopithecus avunculus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingWhite-rumped Vulture
Gyps bengalensis
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
South Asian vulture declines have been widely linked to the veterinary drug diclofenac.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingWild Bactrian Camel
Camelus ferus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
The wild Bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) is the threatened wild form; the linked reference covers Bactrian camels broadly.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingYangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
Rafetus swinhoei
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Among the rarest turtles on Earth.
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Index record onlySource review pendingYellow-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua sulphurea
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingAsian Elephant
Elephas maximus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
Index record onlySource review pendingBanggai Cardinalfish
Pterapogon kauderni
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingBanteng
Bos javanicus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingBlack-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingChinese Crocodile Lizard
Shinisaurus crocodilurus
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Index record onlySource review pendingCrested Ibis
Nipponia nippon
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingDhole
Cuon alpinus
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewEgyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingFlat-headed Cat
Prionailurus planiceps
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingForest Owlet
Athene blewitti
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingGanges River Dolphin
Platanista gangetica
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingGiant Freshwater Stingray
Urogymnus polylepis
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingGolden Snub-nosed Monkey
Rhinopithecus roxellana
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingHumphead Wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Also called the Napoleon wrasse; a large, slow-growing reef fish.
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingIndian Pangolin
Manis crassicaudata
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingIndus River Dolphin
Platanista minor
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingJapanese Eel
Anguilla japonica
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingKomodo Dragon
Varanus komodoensis
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingLar Gibbon
Hylobates lar
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingLion-tailed Macaque
Macaca silenus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingMalayan Tapir
Tapirus indicus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingNorthern Bald Ibis
Geronticus eremita
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingPileated Gibbon
Hylobates pileatus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingProboscis Monkey
Nasalis larvatus
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewPurple Frog
Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Index record onlySource review pendingPygmy Slow Loris
Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Recently moved to the genus Xanthonycticebus; the linked reference uses the former Nycticebus name.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingRed Panda
Ailurus fulgens
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingSaker Falcon
Falco cherrug
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingSiamang
Symphalangus syndactylus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingSpeartooth Shark
Glyphis glyphis
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingTiger
Panthera tigris
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingTomistoma
Tomistoma schlegelii
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Index record onlySource review pendingWestern Hoolock Gibbon
Hoolock hoolock
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Reference uses the former genus Bunopithecus.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingBumphead Parrotfish
Bolbometopon muricatum
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingCheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingClouded Leopard
Neofelis nebulosa
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingDugong
Dugong dugon
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Globally Vulnerable, but several regional sub-populations are assessed at higher risk.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingEastern Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingFishing Cat
Prionailurus viverrinus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingGaur
Bos gaurus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Index record onlySource review pendingGiant Panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Down-listed from Endangered to Vulnerable in 2016 following decades of habitat protection — a frequently cited example of status change.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingGreater One-horned Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros unicornis
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Also called the Indian rhinoceros; recovery in India and Nepal is often cited as a conservation success.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingHooded Crane
Grus monacha
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingIndonesian Coelacanth
Latimeria menadoensis
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingJapanese Giant Salamander
Andrias japonicus
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Index record onlySource review pendingLeopard
Panthera pardus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Several leopard subspecies (e.g. the Amur and Arabian leopard) are assessed at higher risk than the species as a whole.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingLion
Panthera leo
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingRed-crowned Crane
Grus japonensis
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingSarus Crane
Antigone antigone
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingShort-tailed Albatross
Phoebastria albatrus
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingSnow Leopard
Panthera uncia
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewSteller's Sea Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingSterlet
Acipenser ruthenus
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pendingWhite-naped Crane
Antigone vipio
- Group
- Birds
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Index record onlySource review pendingPère David's Deer
Elaphurus davidianus
- Group
- Mammals
- Last verified
- Verified
Listed Extinct in the Wild; survives in managed and reintroduced herds in China.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Index record onlySource review pendingChinese Paddlefish
Psephurus gladius
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Declared Extinct by the IUCN in 2022; one of the largest freshwater fish.
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Index record onlySource review pending
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