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Yangtze finless porpoise drops to Critically Endangered

2013-07-07 20:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The newest update to the IUCN Red List has downgraded the status of the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) from Endangered to Critically Endangered, reflecting the deteriorating state of arguably the world's most degraded river system. The downgrade follows a survey last year that counted only 1,000 animals, a 50 percent decline from 2006. "The Baiji (a unique freshwater dolphin) only recently went extinct on the Yangtze River," Jonathan Baillie, Director of...

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