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Protecting the future of nature
From our start in 1961, WWF has worked to protect endangered species. We're ensuring that the world our children inherit will be home to elephants, tigers, giant pandas, whales and other wildlife species, as well as people.
WWF safeguards hundreds of species around the world, but we focus special attention on our flagship species: giant pandas, tigers, endangered whales and dolphins, rhinos, elephants, marine turtles and great apes. These species not only need special measures and extra protection in order to survive, they also serve as umbrella species: helping them helps numerous other species that live in the same habitats.
In addition to our flagship animals, we work to protect numerous species in peril around the world that live within our priority ecoregions. Large predators like snow leopards and grizzly bears, migratory species like whooping cranes and songbirds, and a host of other species facing threats also benefit from WWF's conservation efforts. Our wildlife trade experts at TRAFFIC work to ensure that trade in wildlife products doesn't harm a species, while also fighting against illegal and unsustainable trade.
WWF is known for acting on sound science. Science leads and guides our strategies and approaches, from the best way to restore tigers in viable, breeding populations to deciding which areas need protection the most.
Species Finder
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Amur Leopard
Amur Leopard
- Habitat: Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
- Location: South of the Far East-Primorskii region (Russian Far East), Tzilin, Heilundzyan Provinces (Northern China).
- Population: Less than 40 individuals
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Bearded Vulture
Bearded Vulture
- Habitat: High mountains and open ranges.
- Location: Mountainous regions of Africa, Southern Europe and Asia.
- Population: (Alpine:) Approximately 100 breeding pairs exist in Europe today, mostly in the Pyrenees between France and Spain; on the Island of Corsica, on the Greek island of Crete and mainland Greece. It has also been reintroduced in the European Alps.
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Black Spider Monkey
Black Spider Monkey
- Habitat: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Location: Northern South America
- Population:
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Brown Bear
Brown Bear
- Habitat: Temperate Broadleaf Forests
- Location: Europe, Asia, Northern America
- Population:
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Eurasian Lynx
Eurasian Lynx
- Habitat: Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests, Boreal Forest
- Location:
- Population: Below 50,000 mature breeding individuals
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Giant Panda
Giant Panda
- Habitat: Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
- Location: Southwest China (Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan Provinces) to the east of the Tibetan plateau.
- Population: Approximately 1,600 individuals in the wild
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Saola
Saola
- Habitat: Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- Location: Indochina
- Population: 70-1,000 in the wild, but likely to be less than 500
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Spectacled Bear
Spectacled Bear
- Habitat: Preferred habitats include cloud forests (also known as Andean forest) and high Andean moorland called 'páramo'.
- Location: South America - Andes
- Population: Unknown
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Vaquita
