Species Use Database

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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
Eschrichtius robustus Gray whale Pacific - northeast
LC
Least Concern
 Recreation Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Trachypithecus phayrei Phayre’s langur, Phayre's leaf-monkey Myanmar
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 2 years 3 months ago
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Duck United Kingdom
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Chelonoidis denticulata Yellow-footed tortoise Brazil
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 3 months ago
Panthera leo African lion (English), Simba (Swahili) Tanzania, United Republic of
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2013 1 year 10 months ago
Panthera leo African lion (English), Simba (Swahili) Tanzania, United Republic of
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2010 1 year 10 months ago
Panthera leo African lion (English), Simba (Swahili) Tanzania, United Republic of
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 1998 1 year 10 months ago
Panthera leo African lion (English), Simba (Swahili) Tanzania, United Republic of
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2016 1 year 10 months ago
Ophiocordyceps sinensis Himalayan (or Chinese) caterpillar fungus Bhutan, Nepal, China
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Streptopelia turtur European Turtle-dove Europe
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 1 year 10 months ago
Elephas maximus Asian elephant Myanmar
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 4 months ago
Arapaima spp. Pirarucu Brazil
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2010 1 year 5 months ago
Catagonus wagneri Chacoan peccary Paraguay
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Panthera pardus Leopard South Africa
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Mobula japonica Spinetail devil ray New Zealand, Pacific - southwest
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Not caught intentionally in NZ - By-catch only, which is returned to the sea, i.e., cannot be landed legally. Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 1 year 5 months ago
Manis crassicaudata Indian pangolin India
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Gyps africanus White-backed vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Other -- Poisoning vultures to kill and extract them. Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Ceratogymna atrata Black-casqued hornbill Cameroon
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Saiga tatarica Saiga antelope Mongolia
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Other -- Trading of horn hunted elsewhere Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Pteropus vampyrus Large Flying-fox Philippines
Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Holothuria atra Lollyfish Indian Ocean - western
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Pteropus ornatus Ornate flying fox New Caledonia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Panthera pardus Leopard South Africa
VU
Vulnerable
 Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 2 years 3 months ago
Pterocarpus santalinus red Sander tree India
EN
Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Conservation Management Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 1 year 6 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus Shortfin mako shark Atlantic - northeast, Atlantic - northwest, Atlantic - southeast, Atlantic - southwest, Atlantic - western central, Indian Ocean - eastern, Indian Ocean - western, Mediterranean and Black Sea, Pacific - eastern central, Pacific - northeast, Pacific - northwest, Pacific - southeast, Pacific - southwest, Pacific - western central
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 1 year 6 months ago
Dalbergia cochinchinensis Siamese rosewood Viet Nam
CR
Critically Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 1 year 6 months ago
Rhynchobatus australiae Bottlenose wedgefish Indonesia, Indian Ocean - eastern
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 1 year 6 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus Shortfin mako shark Indonesia, Indian Ocean - eastern
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 1 year 6 months ago
Oxytenanthera abyssinica African lowland bamboo Ethiopia
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 2 months ago
Scoliodon laticaudus Spadenosed shark, Dog shark Bangladesh
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 2 months ago
Acer saccharum Sugar maple United States
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2016 2 years 4 months ago
Panthera leo Lion, African lion Zimbabwe
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2007 2 years 2 months ago
Auxis spp. Bonitos Indonesia
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 2 months ago
Laccifer lacca Lac beetle, Lac bug Indonesia
Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Other -- Produces shellac resin, used in paints and varnishes, cosmetics, food additive, candles, electrical wire insulation and textiles Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 2 months ago
Morchella spp. Morel mushroom Pakistan
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 2 months ago
Lophophora williamsii Peyote cactus United States
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation, Other -- Used in religious Navajo sacraments - eaten or drunk as tea. Contains mescaline causing euphoria. Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2012 2 years 3 months ago
Alces alces Moose Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Tuber melanosporum European black truffle Spain
Food and feed Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Alces alces Moose Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Procambarus zonangulus Red swamp crayfish, Red swamp crawfish United States
DD
Data Deficient
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Astrochelys yniphora Ploughshare tortoise Madagascar
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 2 years 3 months ago
Lemur catta Ring-tailed lemur Madagascar
EN
Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 3 months ago
Octopus vulgaris Common Octopus, Polvo-comum Italy
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Carettochelys insculpta Pig-nosed turtle Palau
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2011 2 years 3 months ago
Chelydra serpentina) Snapping turtle United States
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2017 2 years 3 months ago
Pelophylax caralitanus Anatolian water frog, Beyşehir Frog Turkey
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Pseudois nayaur Blue sheep, Baharal Nepal
LC
Least Concern
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 3 months ago
Hemitragus jemlahicus Himalayan tahr Nepal
NT
Near Threatened
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 3 months ago
Delphinapterus leucas Beluga whale Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2013 2 years 3 months ago
Monodon monoceros Narwhal Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2013 2 years 3 months ago
Monodon monoceros Narwhal Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Arctonyx collaris Greater hog badger China
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 4 months ago
Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed deer Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 4 months ago
Boswellia spp. Frankincense, Oilbanum Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Fragrance manufacturing chiefly for incense and perfumery Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 2 months ago
Zanthoxylum chalybeum Knob wood, Oloisuki, Mkunungu Tanzania, United Republic of
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Energy Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 2 years 2 months ago
Megadyptes antipodes Yellow-eyed Penguin New Zealand
EN
Endangered
 Learning and education, Recreation Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 2 months ago
Commiphora wightii Gugal, Guggul, Mukul India
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Decorative and aesthetic Other -- Resin tapping Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 2 months ago
Limonium carolinianum Carolina Sea Lavender Canada
LC
Least Concern
 Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2002 2 years 2 months ago
Anguilla japonica Japanese eel Japan
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 2 months ago
Anguilla anguilla European eel Czechia
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Recreation, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 2 months ago
Epinephelus spp. Groupers Pacific - southwest
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2007 2 years 4 months ago
Panulirus homarus Scalloped spiny lobster Oman
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 4 months ago
Streptopelia turtur European Turtle Dove Europe, France, Greece, Italy, Spain
VU
Vulnerable
 Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 7 months 3 weeks ago
Anthropoides virgo Demoiselle Crane Pakistan
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 7 months 3 weeks ago
Coturnix coturnix Common Quail Mediterranean and Black Sea
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 7 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Benin
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2024 7 months 1 week ago
Conophytum achabense Unknown South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 4 months ago
Encephalartos aemulans Ngotshe cycad South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 4 months ago
Panthera pardus Leopard South Africa
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation, Conservation Management, Other -- retaliatory killing Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 3 months 3 weeks ago