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
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
Malacochersus tornieri Pancake tortoise, Kobe Kenya
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display Other -- Ranching, with breeding stock from wild; closed-cycle captive breeding; and illegal wild harvesting. No, sustainability not determined 2008 1 year 5 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
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
Propithecus verreauxi Sifaka Madagascar
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2012 8 months 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
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded vulture Zimbabwe
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 6 months 4 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vultures Nigeria
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2013 6 months 4 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Zimbabwe
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-baked vulture Nigeria
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2020 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Nigeria
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2013 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps rueppellii Rüppell's Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Guinea-Bissau
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Guinea-Bissau
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps rueppelli Rüppells Vulture Guinea-Bissau
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 6 months 3 weeks ago
Trigonoceps occipitalis White-headed Vulture South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Trigonoceps occipitalis White-headed Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps rueppellii Rüppells Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Ethiopia, Gambia, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps rueppelli Rüppell’s Vulture Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, United Republic of
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 6 months 3 weeks 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