Wildcats, also known as Highland tigers, are Britain's rarest mammals and as few as 100 are thought to remain in the UK.
The Scottish Crossbill (BBC) (eBird) is a bird that occurs only in the United Kingdom. The Orkney Vole (ARKive WM), the Skomer Vole (BBC), and the Saint Kilda Field Mouse (Wikipedia) are endemic mammal subspecies.
The rarest animal in the world is the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). It is a kind of critically endangered porpoise that only lives in the furthest north-western corner of the Gulf of California in Mexico. There are only 18 left in the world.
The vaquita, a small porpoise found only in Mexico's Gulf of California, now faces extinction, scientists say in a report published today. Only about 30 individuals remain, according to an acoustic survey that counted the animals' clicking noises last summer.
Vaquita. On the brink of extinction, the vaquita is the smallest living species of cetacean. The single rarest animal in the world is the vaquita (Phocoena sinus).
1. Dogs. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the UK's favourite pet is the dog. More than a quarter of us (26%) own a dog, with an estimated 9 million dogs living in the UK.
Hunted for meat and for sport, and used as a motif in the decorative arts, the kangaroo was finally recognised as an official symbol of Australia when it was included on the nation's coat of arms in 1908. The kangaroo has appeared on currency and stamps and on Royal Australian Air Force aircraft.
The Barbary lion is a national animal of England.
Get to know 10 endangered native Australian species at risk of disappearing forever. Numbat. Gouldian Finch. Mountain Pygmy-possum. Regent honeyeater.
Fact: Northern hairy-nosed wombat is the rarest land mammal in the world. In the past 100 years, it occurred in Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales. At present, it only exists in the Queensland Epping Forest National Park.
ACCORDING TO THE IUCN Red List of endangered species, Australia has 86 animal species that are considered Critically Endangered.
3. Boto/Pink River Dolphin. Place 3 for Rarest animals in the world. The Amazon river dolphin, also known as the pink river dolphin or boto, lives only in freshwater.
Heathland on the South Downs in Hampshire and Sussex is home to Britain's rarest reptile, the sand lizard.
Red-necked wallabies are thought to have been in the UK about a century, imported from Australia for zoos for private collections, or as pets. Although it is rare to see one bouncing past your house, it is not as uncommon as you may think in Chopwell.
Australia is known for many things, including swathes of tropical beaches, marine reserves, Aboriginal culture, cute koalas, rolling wine country, and lush rainforests.
1. Labrador Retriever. Once again, the Labrador Retriever is the most popular dog in the UK with 61,559 registrations in 2021.
The top dog breed in the UK in 2021, as measured by number of registrations, was the Labrador Retriever breed. Some 61,559 retrievers were newly registered in the UK in 2021. French Bulldogs and Cocker Spaniels rounded out the top three dog breeds in the UK that year.
Corgi. Perhaps one of the most British dog breeds of all time, the Corgi is world renowned for being the Queen's favoured canine companion. Yet, despite their royal reputation and small size, they were actually originally bred to herd cattle, sheep and even horses!
To date, there's only one species that has been called 'biologically immortal': the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.
The most famous one on the list, the dodo was a small flightless bird that got extinct 100 years after its discovery. Due to the importation of cats, dog, and macaques, the bird became easy prey to cats and dogs, besides hunters, and the macaques ate the dodo's eggs, killing them out completely in a short time.