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Waved Albatross

Threatened species by country

Threatened species of Peru

  • 45 species
  • Critically Endangered: 5
  • Endangered: 14
  • Vulnerable: 26

AI-generated illustration: Waved Albatross

Peru gathers forty-five threatened species, and its list crosses the three countries that fit inside it: the Pacific coast with the Humboldt penguin, the waved albatross and seven sharks; the Andes with the Andean cat, the mountain tapir, two chinchillas, the condor and the Andean flamingo; and Amazonia with the giant otter, the pink river dolphin and six primates. The Titicaca water frog is the only amphibian.

By Red List category

Critically Endangered
5
Endangered
14
Vulnerable
26

Which species

Showing 24 of 45.

Critically Endangered

Giant South American River Turtle

Podocnemis expansa

Critically Endangered

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix flavicauda

Titicaca Water FrogCritically Endangered

Titicaca Water Frog

Telmatobius culeus

Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

Waved AlbatrossCritically Endangered

Waved Albatross

Phoebastria irrorata

Amazon River DolphinEndangered

Amazon River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

Andean CatEndangered

Andean Cat

Leopardus jacobita

Basking SharkEndangered

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered

Black Spider Monkey

Ateles chamek

Endangered

Black-and-chestnut Eagle

Spizaetus isidori

Blue WhaleEndangered

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Endangered

Common Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

Giant OtterEndangered

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

Endangered

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Chinchilla lanigera

Endangered

Marvelous Spatuletail

Loddigesia mirabilis

Endangered

Mountain Tapir

Tapirus pinchaque

Sei WhaleEndangered

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

Short-tailed ChinchillaEndangered

Short-tailed Chinchilla

Chinchilla chinchilla

Endangered

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

Amazonian ManateeVulnerable

Amazonian Manatee

Trichechus inunguis

Andean BearVulnerable

Andean Bear

Tremarctos ornatus

Andean CondorVulnerable

Andean Condor

Vultur gryphus

Andean FlamingoVulnerable

Andean Flamingo

Phoenicoparrus andinus

Vulnerable

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

See all 45 in the species listing