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
Vicugna vicugna Vicuña Argentina, Bolivia, Plurinational States of, Peru
LC
Least Concern
 Learning and education, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 3 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 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 3 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 3 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
Crocodylus Acutus Crocodile ( NNg'wena or Ng'na) in local Cibemba or Cinyanja Languages respectively. Zambia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display, Learning and education, Scientific Research, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2013 9 months 4 weeks ago
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture Greece, Spain, Egypt, Mediterranean and Black Sea
EN
Endangered
 Learning and education, Scientific Research, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Cultural / Spiritual Yes, considered sustainable 7 months 3 weeks ago