# Creatures in Crisis

> A catalog of 3,318 animals recorded as Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Extinct in the Wild, with a Wikimedia Commons photograph and an original dossier on every species page. Plus a small US exotic-pet legality checker.

## How to cite this site

- Status on a species page is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata (property P141). It is not a copy of the official Red List assessment.
- Population figures, when quoted, come from public encyclopedia articles and can change. Confirm assessments at https://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Photographs are from Wikimedia Commons. Species accounts are original retellings for this catalog, written from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) and Wikidata.
- We are not a charity and do not take donations. Contact: hello@creaturesincrisis.org
- US pet-trade answers are a state-layer dataset, not legal advice. County and city rules still apply.

## Start

- [Home](https://creaturesincrisis.org/)
- [Catalog](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/)
- [World map](https://creaturesincrisis.org/map/)
- [Catalog stats](https://creaturesincrisis.org/stats/)
- [Compare two records](https://creaturesincrisis.org/compare/)
- [What in crisis means](https://creaturesincrisis.org/what-in-crisis-means/)
- [CITES and the pet trade](https://creaturesincrisis.org/cites-and-the-pet-trade/)
- [US legality checker](https://creaturesincrisis.org/exotic-pet-legality-checker/)
- [About](https://creaturesincrisis.org/about/)
- [Privacy](https://creaturesincrisis.org/privacy/)
- [Machine-readable index](https://creaturesincrisis.org/data/catalog.min.json)

## Featured dossiers

- [Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/vaquita/) — Critically Endangered
- [Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/javan-rhinoceros/) — Critically Endangered
- [Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/sumatran-orangutan/) — Critically Endangered
- [Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/axolotl/) — Critically Endangered
- [Kakapo (Strigops habroptila)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/kakapo/) — Critically Endangered
- [Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/hawksbill-sea-turtle/) — Critically Endangered
- [California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/california-condor/) — Critically Endangered
- [Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)](https://creaturesincrisis.org/species/saola/) — Critically Endangered

## Pet-trade species (US law)

- [Axolotl](https://creaturesincrisis.org/is-it-legal-to-own-an-axolotl/)
- [Capybara](https://creaturesincrisis.org/is-it-legal-to-own-a-capybara/)
- [Fennec fox](https://creaturesincrisis.org/is-it-legal-to-own-a-fennec-fox/)
- [Sugar glider](https://creaturesincrisis.org/is-it-legal-to-own-a-sugar-glider/)
- [Serval / savannah](https://creaturesincrisis.org/is-it-legal-to-own-a-serval-or-savannah-cat/)
- [Wallaby](https://creaturesincrisis.org/is-it-legal-to-own-a-wallaby/)

## Site

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