This list was compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to "mobilize public attention and policy makers on the urgency and Extended conservation problems, and encourage the international community to act to limit the rate of species extinction.
According to this list, 17.291 species follow the example of the dodo, and all living classes are affected.
The list now includes:
21% of mammals, including western lowland gorilla
30% 12%
amphibians birds reptiles
28% 37% of fish freshwater invertebrates
35% and 70% of plants
More Information on the global Red List of endangered species, consult the IUCN website:
http://www.uicn.fr/La-Liste-Rouge-des-especes.html
