Animals That Are Going Extinct 2025

Animals That Are Going Extinct 2025. Of the 1,189 creatures listed by the convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals, or cms, more than one in five are threatened. To become extinct essentially means to disappear or cease to exist.

The iucn classifies nearly 4,000 species as critically endangered, meaning they face such severe threats that they could soon become extinct in the wild. There are currently 17 animals on the world wildlife fund’s (wwf) critically endangered list, including three species of rhino, six primates, and two big cats.