Critically EndangeredChinese Giant Salamander
Andrias davidianus
One of the 17 dolphins on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Lipotidae
Lipotes vexillifer
At extremely high risk of imminent extinction in the wild.
The baiji was a river dolphin endemic to the Yangtze, with a pale body, a long upturned snout and tiny eyes, almost useless in permanently turbid water. It navigated and hunted by echolocation. Industrialisation of the river, dams, river traffic, electrical fishing gear and pollution reduced its population from thousands of animals to a handful in barely fifty years. An international expedition searched for it without success in 2006 and declared it functionally extinct.
Weight
135 kg – 230 kg
Size
2 m – 2.5 m
Life expectancy
24 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Sighting difficulty
Very hard
Estimated population
No confirmed sighting since 2002; it is considered functionally extinct
Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/
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The baiji is classified as critically endangered. Organisations such as the IUCN, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society work specifically on its conservation and that of its habitat; looking into their programmes is a good starting point if you want to get involved.
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