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
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 5 months ago
Hystrix brachyura Malayan porcupine Indonesia
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2021 2 years 4 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 4 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 5 months ago
Macaca mulatta Rhesus monkey, Mihou China
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 6 months ago
Macaca fascicularis Crab-eating macaque, Shixiehou China
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 6 months ago
Nycticebus coucang Greater slow loris Indonesia
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2010 2 years 4 months ago
Macaca fascicularis long-tailed macaque Indonesia
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2010 2 years 4 months ago
Lepus capensis Cape hare Afghanistan
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 10 months ago
Manis pentadactyla Chinese Pangolin China
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2001 10 months ago
Moschus berezovskii Forest Musk Deer China
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Offer for sale Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2001 10 months ago
Manis crassicaudata Indian Pangolin Pakistan
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2020 9 months 4 weeks ago