The Top 5 Countries with the Most Critically Endangered Animals

  Country Number of Critically Endangered Animals
1 United States 211
2 Mexico 193
3 Australia 96
4 Colombia 84
5 Ecuador 82
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Sources:  IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (2015). "Red List Category Summary Country Totals (Animals). "

List Notes: Data is the top 5 countries with the most critically endangered animals for the year 2015.

A Critically Endangered (CR) animal is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. It is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List for wild species.
Countries with the Most Critically Endangered Animals

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