Critically Endangered Animal Species

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It is utterly disappointing to find out that about 90 species of mammals, reptiles and birds are approaching the critical stage of extinction in Pakistan.
A few mammals sadly have been reported to be vanished from the wildlife's habitat which includes the tiger, the notable being black bucks deer lion and Indian horned rhinoceros.
The wildlife of Pakistan has reported that a few other animals including white rump vulture, Asiatic cheetah, hawks bill turtle, fin whale, and Indus dolphin are vulnerable to extinction.

Vulture Species was there in a huge number in Pakistan and other southern parts of Asia. But until the nineties in 1986 the species was illustrated as probably the most plentiful large bird of prey on the planet and was considered an annoyance but is now extremely rare, facing extinction in the near future.

The Asiatic cheetah once ranged from the Arabian Peninsula and near east to Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan to India.
It is considered regionally extinct in all of its former range with the only known surviving population being Iran.

The hawks bill sea turtle which is scientifically known as Eretmochelys imbricata was caught by a tuna gill net in the offshore waters near or on Baluchistan coast. Two species of marine turtles that is green and olive Ridley turtles are reported from Pakistan, of which the green turtle is the most common nesting along the Sind and Baluchistan Coast.

According to United States Endangered species act, the fin whale is an endangered species and is at high risk of extinction. There has been a total of 74 cumulative sightings from 2015 to 2019.

Indus river Dolphins are believed to have originated in the ancient Teus Sea. When the sea dried up approximately 50 million years ago, the dolphins were forced to adapt to its only remaining habitat i.e. "rivers".

Today they can only be found in the lower parts of the Indus river in Pakistan and in River Bias.

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