Extinct Animals 2024 Elections. Flora and fauna international reveals 10 endangered species in critical need of protection in 2024, and the work being done to save them According to the international union for the conservation of nature (iucn) red list, more than 42,000 species are currently threatened with extinction, representing over a quarter of all species assessed by the list.

The iucn red list categories and criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. With just less than 70 of these rhinos.