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 Leopard Zambia
VU
Vulnerable
 Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2018 10 months 1 week ago
Cyprinus carpio Common carp Czechia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 1 year 8 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 10 months 1 week 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 10 months 1 week ago
Isurus oxyrinchus shortfin mako shark Pacific - eastern central, Pacific - northeast, Pacific - northwest, Pacific - southeast, Pacific - southwest, Pacific - western central
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Recreation, Other -- by-catch Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2019 10 months 1 week 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 10 months 1 week 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 10 months 1 week ago
Nardostachys grandiflora Jatamasi Nepal
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2018 10 months 1 week ago
Sphyrna zyagena Smooth hammerhead shark New Zealand, Pacific - southwest
Food and feed, Recreation Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2018 10 months 1 week 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 1 year 7 months ago
Pongo abelii Sumatran Orangutan Indonesia
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2009 1 year 7 months ago
Aerodramus fuciphagus Edible-nest swiftlet Malaysia
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species No, sustainability not determined 2017 1 year 7 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 1 year 7 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 1 year 7 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 1 year 7 months ago
Lepidochelys olivacea Olive ridley Costa Rica
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 7 months ago
Tetrao urogallus Western capercaillie
LC
Least Concern
 Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 1 year 7 months ago
Rusa unicolor Sambar deer, Cervus unicolor Australia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 7 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 1 year 8 months ago
Odocoileus virginanus White-tailed deer United States
Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 8 months ago
Rhincodon typus Whale shark Pacific - northwest
EN
Endangered
 Recreation, Conservation Management Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2019 1 year 8 months ago
Haliotis laevigata Greenlip abalone Australia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2011 1 year 8 months ago
Sus scrofa Wild boar, Wild pig United States
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Recreation, Conservation Management Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2021 1 year 8 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 1 year 8 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 1 year 8 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 1 year 8 months ago
Bertholletia excelsa Brazil-nut Bolivia, Plurinational States of
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2013 1 year 8 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 1 year 8 months ago
Dasypus novemcinctus Nine-banded armadillo Brazil
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2018 1 year 8 months ago
Allochrocebus solatus Sun-tailed monkey, Black spider monkey Gabon
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2012 1 year 8 months ago