Status: Vulnerable Known as: Sperm Whale, Cachalot. Estimated numbers left in the wild: At least 200,000; perhaps as many as 1 million. Description A dramatic-looking beast with a cliff-like snout and a massive, streamlined body, the sperm whale is one of the world’s most imposing creatures. Large … [Read more...]

Status: Critically Endangered  Known as: Javan Rhino, Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros, Sunda Rhinoceros. Estimated numbers left in the wild: 60 or less. Description Armoured with a thick, deeply folded hide, the Javan rhino has a prehistoric look that seems to evoke the earlier periods of … [Read more...]

Status: Endangered  Known as: Snow Leopard, Ounce, Mountain Ghost. Estimated numbers left in the wild: 3,500 to 7,000 (estimates are difficult). Description Snow leopards are medium-sized great cats, weighing 27 to 54 kilograms and measuring 1.2 to 1.5 meters, whose thick, luxurious coat of … [Read more...]

Status: Endangered  Known as: Caspian Seal Estimated numbers left in the wild: Perhaps 76,000. Description By Mehr News Agency at English Wikipedia The Caspian seal belongs to the earless seal group and can be counted as one of the smallest of these seals. The male Caspian seal is a large … [Read more...]

Status: Vulnerable  Known as: Oriental short-clawed otter, Oriental small-clawed otter, Asian small-clawed otter. Estimated numbers left in the wild: Unknown. Description The Oriental short-clawed otter is tiny, the smallest of the world’s thirteen species. An adult weighs only 1 to 5 … [Read more...]