Of The Rarest Animals In The World

A very rare sight in the wild, when two snow leopard cubs were photographed in the mountains of Tajikistan last year it got a lot of attention.

Endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka, civil unrest and deforestation have led to habitat loss.

The world’s rarest primate lives on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. There are only 23 left.

With a habitat that used to encompass Morocco, Turkey, and Syria, there are fewer than 200 left in the wild.

Endemic to eastern Mexico, this shrew has suffered from habitat loss due to logging and agriculture.

Formerly residing in the forests of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, it has become nearly extinct primarily due to hunting.

Due to habitat destruction Brazil has only 779 left in the wild.

Not seen since 1995, this toad that lives in Ecuador’s lowlands was found again in 2010.

Living in Cape Province, South Africa, this tortoise is threatened by habitat degradation as well as predation.

Believed to be extinct for many years, this iguana was found in the remote Hellshire Hills in 1970.

With breeding grounds in northeastern Russia, there are fewer than 1,000 individuals remaining.

Endemic to the southern Zagros Mountains of Iran, these newts have been highly sought on the black market. As a result there are none left in the wild.

Found off the coasts of California and Mexico, these are the smallest dolphins in the world. There are only about 200 left.

This avid bamboo consumer now lives in a threatened habitat due to mining and illegal logging.

There are only 4 left and all of them live in captivity.

The entire population is estimated to be between 60-80 individuals residing in two ponds in Mississippi.

Also known as the Hunter’s Hartebeest, these antelopes are found in a small region between Kenya and Somalia. There are between 500 and 1,000 left in the wild.

Hunted for its horn, there are only about 200 Sumatran Rhinos left in Malaysia and Indonesia.

As of late, the commons sawfish has become not-so-common and the endangered species is found mostly in the waters off of northern Australia.

There are about 100 of these wombats left in the wild and all of them live in Epping Forest National Park in Queensland, Australia.