Threatened species by country
Threatened species of Palestine
- 24 species
- Critically Endangered: 2
- Endangered: 6
- Vulnerable: 16
Palestine brings together the Mediterranean and the desert in twenty-four species: red coral, the fan mussel, the dusky grouper, Atlantic bluefin tuna and the Mediterranean monk seal on one side; the Dorcas gazelle, the Nubian ibex and the Arabian oryx on the other. The two critically endangered ones are the European eel and the fan mussel. Of the five reptiles, four are turtles and terrapins.
By Red List category
- Critically Endangered
- 2
- Endangered
- 6
- Vulnerable
- 16
