Species Use Database

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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
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
Cacatua galerita Sulphur-crested cockatoo, White cockatoo New Zealand
LC
Least Concern
 Keeping/companionship/display, Conservation Management Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 7 months ago
Tillandsia xerographica Tillandsia - bromeliad, Gallito, Clavel del Aire Guatemala
Keeping/companionship/display Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 7 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 7 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 5 months ago
Ceratozamia mirandae cycad Mexico
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Conservation Management Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 6 months ago
Galanthus elwesii Snowdrop, Kardelen Turkey
DD
Data Deficient
 Keeping/companionship/display Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 6 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 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 7 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 7 months ago
Galanthus woronowii Woronow’s snowdrop, Green snowdrop Georgia
Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 5 months ago
Crocodylus novaeguineae New Guinea crocodile, Irian freshwater crocodile Indonesia
LC
Least Concern
 Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Adults hunted from wild for skins, hatchlings taken live and sent to ranching farms. Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 4 months ago
Galanthus woronowii Green snowdrop, Giant snowdrop , Woronow’s snowdrop Georgia
Keeping/companionship/display Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 month 3 weeks ago