Most Endangered Animals 2024 List

Most Endangered Animals 2024 List. By 2024, 157,000 species had been assessed by using the iucn red list categories and criteria. Fewer than 14,000 sumatran orangutans survive, primarily due to habitat destruction from logging, agriculture, and infrastructure development.

All three species of orangutan —the sumatran orangutan, the bornean orangutan, and the tapanuli orangutan—are critically endangered. Currently, there are more than 163,000 species on the iucn red list, with more than 45,300 species threatened with extinction, including 41% of amphibians, 37% of sharks and rays, 36%.