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Number of the rarest animals in the world
Here is a table with some of the most known rarest animals in the world, the report source, the report year. Among them, we can find mammals, reptiles, fishes, birds of various species.
| Number of the rarest animals in the world | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Tipo | População | Ano | Fonte |
| Shoebills | Bird | 8,000 | 2006 | Dinesen and Baker |
| Kleinmann's tortoises | Reptile | 7,470 | 2002 | Perälä |
| Maltese skates | Fish | 7,040 | 2013 | IUCN |
| Whale sharks | Fish | 7,011 | 2016 | Norman et al. |
| Horseshoe crabs | Crustacean | 7,000 | 2011 | Schaller and Dorsey |
| Condors | Bird | 6,744 | 2012 | BirdLife International |
| Shortfin mako sharks | Fish | 6,000 | 2017 | W3Ask |
| African wild dogs | Mammal | 5,300 | 2008 | IUCN |
| Leopard sharks | Fish | 5,000 | 2017 | W3Ask |
| Black rhinoceros | Mammal | 4,860 | 2011 | The Guardian |
| Komodo dragons | Reptile | 5,000 | 2002 | Trooper Walsh |
| Tigers | Mammal | 3,890 | 2016 | John R. Platt |
| White-headed vultures | Bird | 3,685 | 2016 | Murn et al |
| Great white sharks | Fish | 3,500 | 2010 | Stanford University |
| Great hammerhead sharks | Fish | 3,000 | 2017 | W3Ask |
| Indian rhinoceros | Mammal | 2,850 | 2011 | The Guardian |
| Tiger sharks | Fish | 2,835 | 2015 | NEFSC NOAA |
| Andean mountain cats | Mammal | 2,500 | 2016 | IUCN |
| Grevy's zebras | Mammal | 2,500 | 2002 | IUCN |
| Box turtles | Reptile | 2,500 | 2002 | van Dijk P.P |
| Darwin's foxes | Mammal | 2,499 | 2004 | Jiménez and McMahon |
| Humpback whales | Mammal | 2,100 | 2014 | WWP |
| Great polar bears | Mammal | 2,050 | 2015 | IUCN |
| Gharials | Reptile | 2,000 | 2006 | Renan AUFRAY |
| Snake-necked turtles | Reptile | 2,000 | 2017 | W3Ask |
| Pandas | Mammal | 1,864 | 2014 | WWF |
| Galapagos penguins | Bird | 1,800 | 2012 | BirdLife International |
| Pacific Sleeper sharks | Fish | 1,779 | 2000 | NOAA Fisheries |
| Hartmann's mountain zebras | Mammal | 1,300 | 2008 | IUCN |
| Persian leopards | Mammal | 1,290 | 2017 | World Atlas |
| Philippine Cockatoo | Bird | 1,200 | 2012 | P. Widmann |
| Proboscis monkeys | Mammal | 1,100 | 2000 | IUCN |
| Siamese crocodiles | Reptile | 1,000 | 2011 | IUCN |
| Indochinese leopards | Mammal | 1,000 | 2016 | World Atlas |
| European minks | Mammal | 615 | 2000 | IUCN |
| Sloths | Mammal | 600 | 2017 | W3Ask |
| Black panthers | Mammal | 600 | 2017 | W3Ask |
| Philippine eagles | Bird | 500 | 2003 | IUCN |
| Greater bamboo lemurs | Mammal | 500 | 2009 | Wright et al. |
| Bull sharks | Fish | 500 | 2011 | BBC News |
| Cape mountain zebras | Mammal | 500 | 2008 | IUCN |
| Lemon Sharks | Fish | 500 | 1994 | Cortés and Gruber |
| Baijis | Mammal | 400 | 1982 | Zhou |
| Sumatran rhinoceros | Mammal | 275 | 2011 | The Guardian |
| Corroboree frogs | Amphibian | 250 | 2001 | IUCN |
| Okarito brown kiwis | Bird | 250 | 2012 | Robertson |
| Javan leopards | Mammal | 250 | 2017 | World Atlas |
| California condors | Bird | 104 | 2010 | J. Grantham |
| Wild axolotls | Amphibian | 100 | 2003 | IUCN |
| Amur leopards | Mammal | 70 | 2017 | World Atlas |
| Arabian leopards | Mammal | 50 | 2017 | World Atlas |
| Javan rhinoceros | Mammal | 44 | 2011 | The Guardian |
| White alligators | Reptile | 12 | 2009 | Telegraph |
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