Species Use Database

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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
Panthera pardus (pardus) Leopard Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Mantella viridis green mantella Madagascar
EN
Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2013 1 year 5 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
Cycas thouarsii Madagascar cycad Mozambique
LC
Least Concern
 Keeping/companionship/display, Recreation Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild No, sustainability not determined 2012 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
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
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
Panthera leo Lion, African lion Zimbabwe
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2006 2 years 2 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
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
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
Panthera leo Lion Zimbabwe
VU
Vulnerable
 Recreation, Other -- Monetary, Retaliatory Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2016 7 months 2 weeks ago
Panthera leo Lion Zambia
VU
Vulnerable
 Recreation, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2014 7 months 2 weeks ago
Tragelaphus eurycerus Bongo Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo
NT
Near Threatened
 Recreation, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2021 7 months 2 weeks ago
Gyps coprotheres Cape vulture South Africa
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 6 months 3 weeks ago
Loxodonta africana African bush elephant Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe
EN
Endangered
 Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 5 months 2 weeks ago
Loxodonta africana African bush elephant Sub-Saharan Africa
EN
Endangered
 Learning and education, Recreation, Conservation Management Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 5 months 2 weeks 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