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Conservation Attention: Good

The orangutans are the only great apes that occurs outside Africa, and they are the largest arboreal mammal in the world.

Conservation Attention: Medium

Botsford’s leaf-litter frog was only described by science in 2013.

Conservation Attention: Low

Previously known as Montastrea annularis, Orbicella annularis is one of the most dominant species across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico where it can form extremely large colonies which vary in morphology.

Conservation Attention: Low

The bowmouth guitarfish’s mouth undulates like a longbow. Although this is a species of ray, it is also known as the mud skate or shark ray across its range.

Conservation Attention: Low

Previously known as Rhinobatus horkelii, the Brazilian guitarfish displays an interesting reproduction mode by keeping embryos dormant when they are in cool deep waters for many months until they ascend to shallow waters.

Conservation Attention: Low

Bryan’s Shearwater is the smallest of all Puffinus shearwaters.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Bullock’s false toad is a rare and elusive species, usually found under logs in temperate beech woodland.

Conservation Attention: Low

Bulmer’s fruit bat may be the most endangered species of bat in the world; with 1993 estimates of one subpopulation being 137-160.

Conservation Attention: Medium

The bumblebee bat is the smallest mammal in the world! This tiny bat weighs less than 2 grams, its body is about the size of a large bumblebee, giving it the common name “bumblebee bat”.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Burmese Peacock Softshell is a very rare species of turtle which is endemic to Myanmar.

Conservation Attention: Good

Iconic and intimidating, the California condor is the largest land bird in North America

Conservation Attention: Very Low

This chameleon, endemic to a tiny area of Madagascar, is named after the fictional character Tarzan!

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Cannatella’s Andes frog is one of around twelve species in its genus, Hypodactylus. These species were recently defined as a distinct unit from the vast Eleutherodactylus genus that at one point contained over 700 frog species!

Conservation Attention: Medium

Cantor’s giant softshell is an exceptionally large freshwater turtle, with individuals known to reach over 1 metre in length and weigh more than 100 kilograms! Sadly, these extraordinary turtles are on the brink of extinction.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Cap-Haitien least gecko is only known from the original set of specimens from which the species was identified in 1960. Despite additional survey efforts this species has not been found again, leading to fears that the Cap-Haitien Least Gecko may already be extinct.

Conservation Attention: Low

Caribbean electric rays, like all electric rays, have the ability to produce an electrical charge to deter predators or stun prey!

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Critically Endangered Casillon robber frog is a fossorial species, meaning that it is adapted to digging and life underground.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Critically Endangered cave splayfoot salamander had not been seen for 73 years before its rediscovery in 2010!

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The cave squeaker frog has not been seen since 1962, where 16 individuals were found and it was discovered as a new species.

Conservation Attention: Low

The Cebu Brown-dove is endemic to the island of Cebu in the Philippines.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

In the late 1800s, this species was known from only two localities in Cebu, where it was incredibly rare.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Cebu small worm skink is a tiny legless skink, reaching a maximum length of only 7.4 cm.

Conservation Attention: Medium

The Critically Endangered Central American river turtle is the sole surviving species of an historically widespread family of turtles. However, the entire lineage is now restricted to parts of Belize, southern Mexico and Guatemala.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Central Haitian Curlytail is a Hispaniola endemic is only known from a collection of 15 records taken in 1976 and it has not been reported since then.