Authority Name | IUCN Red Data List 1994 |
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Authority Name (Expanded) | 1994 International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List |
Authority URL | http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/animals/categories.html (1994) |
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Date Ratified | |
Current | Yes |
Category | Convention Measures |
Purpose/Comments | The 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa. This system is designed to determine the relative risk of extinction, and the main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight those taxa that are facing a higher risk of global extinction (i.e. those listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable). |
List of 32 species sorted by family. (View same list sorted by Kingdom)
See full details on a species by clicking on the Scientific Name.
Family | Scientific Name | Authority | Common Name | Status |
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Balaenidae | Eubalaena australis | (Desmoulins,1822) | Southern Right Whale | Lower Risk |
Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera acutorostrata | Laciphde,1804 | Minke Whale | Lower Risk |
Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera borealis | Lesson,1828 | Sei Whale | Data Deficient |
Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera musculus | (Linnaeus,1758) | Blue Whale | Endangered |
Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Pygmy Blue Whale | Data Deficient |
Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera physalus | Linnaeus,1758 | Fin Whale | Not set |
Balaenopteridae | Megaptera novaeangliae | (Borowski,1781) | Humpback Whale | Vulnerable |
Diomedeidae | Diomedea amsterdamensis | Roux et al. 1983 | Amsterdam Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Diomedea antipodensis | Robertson & Warham, 1992 | Antipodean Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Diomedea dabbenena | Matthews, 1929 | Tristan Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Diomedea epomophora | Lesson,1825 | Southern Royal Albatross | Vulnerable |
Diomedeidae | Diomedea exulans | Linnaeus,1758 | Wandering Albatross | Vulnerable |
Diomedeidae | Diomedea gibsoni | Robertson & Warham, 1992 | Gibson's Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Diomedea sanfordi | Murphy, 1917 | Northern Royal Albatross | Endangered |
Diomedeidae | Phoebetria fusca | Hilsenberg,1822 | Sooty Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Phoebetria palpebrata | Forster,1785 | Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche bulleri | Rothschild, 1893 | Buller's Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche carteri | (Mathews, 1912) | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Vulnerable |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche cauta | (Gould, 1841) | Shy Albatross | Vulnerable |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Gmelin, 1789 | Yellow-nosed Albatross, Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Forster,1785 | Grey-headed Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche eremita | (Murphy, 1930) | Chatham Albatross | Critical |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche impavida | (Mathews, 1912) | Campbell Albatross | Vulnerable |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche melanophrys | Temminck, 1828 | Black-browed Albatross | Not set |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche nov. sp. | Pacific Albatross | Vulnerable | |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche salvini | (Rothschild, 1893) | Salvin's Albatross | Vulnerable |
Diomedeidae | Thalassarche steadi | (Falla, 1933) | White-capped Albatross | Vulnerable |
Otariidae | Arctocephalus tropicalis | (Gray,1872) | Subantarctic Fur Seal | Not set |
Phocidae | Mirounga leonina | (Linnaeus,1758) | Southern Elephant Seal | Vulnerable |
Physeteridae | Physeter macrocephalus | Linnaeus,1758 | Sperm Whale | Vulnerable |
Procellariidae | Macronectes giganteus | Gmelin,1789 | Southern Giant Petrel | Not set |
Procellariidae | Macronectes halli | Mathews,1912 | Northern Giant Petrel | Not set |