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Endangered animals of North America
Threatened species of North and Central America and the Caribbean. Each record shows the species' global IUCN Red List category and links to authoritative sources. National legal status is separate — see the note below.
58 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 North America
American Burying Beetle
Nicrophorus americanus
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewAxolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Abundant in captivity and research, but the wild population in Xochimilco is assessed as Critically Endangered.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewBlack Abalone
Haliotis cracherodii
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewBog Turtle
Glyptemys muhlenbergii
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewCalifornia Condor
Gymnogyps californianus
- Group
- Birds
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Recovered from a low of 22 birds in the 1980s through captive breeding and release; still dependent on active management.
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewCentral American River Turtle
Dermatemys mawii
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewCuban Crocodile
Crocodylus rhombifer
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewDusky Gopher Frog
Lithobates sevosus
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Stable
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewElkhorn Coral
Acropora palmata
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewFranklin's Bumble Bee
Bombus franklini
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Has not been seen since 2006 and may be extinct.
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewGiant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas
- Group
- Fish
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewGreat Green Macaw
Ara ambiguus
- Group
- Birds
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewJamaican Iguana
Cyclura collei
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Once thought extinct; rediscovered in 1990.
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewKemp's Ridley Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Trend unknown
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewLemur Leaf Frog
Agalychnis lemur
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewMorelet's Tree Frog
Agalychnis moreletii
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewMountain Chicken Frog
Leptodactylus fallax
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewNassau Grouper
Epinephelus striatus
- Group
- Fish
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries, FishBase
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewNorth Atlantic Right Whale
Eubalaena glacialis
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewPanamanian Golden Frog
Atelopus zeteki
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Amphibian declines have been widely linked to the chytrid fungus alongside habitat loss.
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewPygmy Three-toed Sloth
Bradypus pygmaeus
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewRed Wolf
Canis rufus
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewRusty Patched Bumble Bee
Bombus affinis
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewStaghorn Coral
Acropora cervicornis
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewVaquita
Phocoena sinus
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
A porpoise endemic to the northern Gulf of California; widely reported as the world's most endangered marine mammal.
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewVariable Harlequin Frog
Atelopus varius
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewWhite Abalone
Haliotis sorenseni
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewAmerican Eel
Anguilla rostrata
- Group
- Fish
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewBlack-footed Ferret
Mustela nigripes
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewBoulder Star Coral
Orbicella annularis
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewGeoffroy's Spider Monkey
Ateles geoffroyi
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewGrand Cayman Blue Iguana
Cyclura lewisi
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Recovered from the brink of extinction; down-listed from Critically Endangered to Endangered in 2012.
Sources: IUCN Red List, reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewHawaiian Monk Seal
Neomonachus schauinslandi
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewHouston Toad
Anaxyrus houstonensis
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewMonarch Butterfly (migratory)
Danaus plexippus plexippus
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
The 2022 Endangered listing applies to the migratory monarch subspecies. The wider species was assessed separately; confirm the relevant entry on the live IUCN list.
Sources: IUCN Red List, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewMountain Yellow-legged Frog
Rana muscosa
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewMountainous Star Coral
Orbicella faveolata
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewSea Otter
Enhydra lutris
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewVancouver Island Marmot
Marmota vancouverensis
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewWhooping Crane
Grus americana
- Group
- Birds
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web, Smithsonian's National Zoo
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewYosemite Toad
Anaxyrus canorus
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewAmerican Crocodile
Crocodylus acutus
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Stable
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewAtlantic Goliath Grouper
Epinephelus itajara
- Group
- Fish
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Down-listed from Critically Endangered to Vulnerable in 2018.
Sources: IUCN Red List, FishBase
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewCalifornia Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma californiense
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewHarpy Eagle
Harpia harpyja
- Group
- Birds
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewLined Seahorse
Hippocampus erectus
- Group
- Fish
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
See FaunaHub animal profile →Source review pendingLobed Star Coral
Orbicella franksi
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewMilitary Macaw
Ara militaris
- Group
- Birds
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, BirdLife International
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewPillar Coral
Dendrogyra cylindrus
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Caribbean reef coral severely affected by stony coral tissue loss disease; confirm the current category on the live IUCN entry.
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewPolar Bear
Ursus maritimus
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Trend unknown
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewRough Cactus Coral
Mycetophyllia ferox
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewShortnose Sturgeon
Acipenser brevirostrum
- Group
- Fish
- Population trend
- Stable
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries, FishBase
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewTotoaba
Totoaba macdonaldi
- Group
- Fish
- Population trend
- Increasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Endemic to the Gulf of California; its swim-bladder trade also drives vaquita bycatch.
Sources: IUCN Red List, NOAA Fisheries, FishBase
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewWest Indian Manatee
Trichechus manatus
- Group
- Mammals
- Population trend
- Decreasing
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewWyoming Toad
Anaxyrus baxteri
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Trend unknown
- Last verified
- Verified
Listed Extinct in the Wild; survives through captive breeding and reintroduction.
Sources: IUCN Red List, AmphibiaWeb (UC Berkeley)
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewCarolina Parakeet
Conuropsis carolinensis
- Group
- Birds
- Population trend
- Trend unknown
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewGolden Toad
Incilius periglenes
- Group
- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Population trend
- Trend unknown
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial reviewPassenger Pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius
- Group
- Birds
- Population trend
- Trend unknown
- Last verified
- Verified
Sources: IUCN Red List, Animal Diversity Web
Detailed FaunaHub profile →Partial review
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