Species Use Database

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Is the species in use threatend with extinction?

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Target species scientific name Common name(s) Geographic location IUCN Red List status Purpose(s) of end use Practice of use Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable Publication date Entered
Canis lupus Wolf Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Conservation Management, Other -- Damage mitigation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2010 1 year 10 months ago
Canis lupus Wolf Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Recreation, Conservation Management, Other -- Damage mitigation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 10 months ago
Canis lupus Wolf Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Recreation, Conservation Management, Other -- Damage mitigation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2011 1 year 10 months ago
Makaira nigricans Blue marlin Atlantic - northeast
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Other -- Catch & Release - sports fishing (taking trophy photos only) Yes, considered sustainable 2021 2 years 4 months ago
Furcifer angeli Angel's chameleon Madagascar
LC
Least Concern
 Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2013 1 year 5 months ago
Panthera pardus leopard Mozambique
VU
Vulnerable
 Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Mobula hypostoma lesser devil ray Atlantic - western central
EN
Endangered
 Recreation, Other -- live export to aquariums for public display of live animals Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Panthera pardus Leopard Zimbabwe
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Panthera pardus Leopard Zambia
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Panthera pardus Leopard Tanzania, United Republic of
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus shortfin mako shark Pacific - eastern central, Pacific - northeast, Pacific - northwest, Pacific - southeast, Pacific - southwest, Pacific - western central
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Recreation, Other -- by-catch Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 5 months ago
Panthera pardus Leopard Namibia
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation, Other -- Also killed in response to instances of human-wildlife conflict. Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 5 months ago
Sphyrna zyagena Smooth hammerhead shark New Zealand, Pacific - southwest
Food and feed, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Rusa unicolor Sambar deer, Cervus unicolor Australia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Odocoileus virginanus White-tailed deer United States
Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Rhincodon typus Whale shark Pacific - northwest
EN
Endangered
 Recreation, Conservation Management Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Sus scrofa Wild boar, Wild pig United States
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Recreation, Conservation Management Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Vanda coerulea blue vanda Thailand
Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Conservation Management Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus shortfin mako shark Pacific - southwest
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Scientific Research, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 6 months ago
Manta birostris Manta ray Atlantic - western central
Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 6 months ago
Hippocampus zosterae dwarf seahorse Atlantic - western central
LC
Least Concern
 Keeping/companionship/display, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 6 months ago
Ursus americanus American Black Bear Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Recreation, Conservation Management, Other -- traditional use by Aboriginal peoples Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 9 months ago
Alligator mississippiensis American alligator United States
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Conservation Management, Other -- Principally the use of skins, traded in the leather industry Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2021 2 years 2 months ago
Tuber melanosporum black truffle Spain
Food and feed, Collection/display, Recreation, Other -- 'Mycotourism' is a newly emerging branch of ecotourism Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2017 2 years 2 months ago
Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry Finland
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Recreation, Other -- Family tradition Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2013 2 years 3 months ago
Micropterus salmoides Largemouth bass United States
LC
Least Concern
 Recreation Other -- Catch-Release recreational fishing Yes, considered sustainable 2018 2 years 2 months ago
Luciola cruciata Genji firefly Japan
Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation, Conservation Management Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 2 months ago
Gorilla beringei Mountain gorilla Rwanda
CR
Critically Endangered
 Recreation Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2021 2 years 4 months ago
Ovis canadensis Bighorn Sheep Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Collection/display, Recreation, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 8 months 1 week ago
Crocodylus niloticus Nile Crocodile Zimbabwe
LC
Least Concern
 Collection/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 8 months ago
Loxodonta africana African Elephant Zimbabwe
EN
Endangered
 Collection/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 8 months ago