9 of the UKs rarest animals Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) . Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) . Pine marten (Martes martes) . Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii) . New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) . Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) . Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) . Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
What is the UK's most endangered animal?
Turtle dove. A once familiar sight and a sound often associated with the British summer, the turtle dove has decline by a staggering 97% since 1970 and now resides on the Global Red List for Endangered Species.
What is the rarest animal to ever exist?
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.
What animal is only found in the UK?
Scottish wildcat – Formerly also found in Northern England and Wales, this subspecies of the European wildcat is now restricted to a few locations in Scotland largely due to hunting and hybridisation with domestic cats. St Kilda field mouse – St Kilda Islands only. A subspecies of the wood mouse.
What is the 2 rarest animal in the world?
The 30 Rarest Animals on the PlanetThe Pangolin.The Seneca White Deer.The Elephant Shrew.The Ti-Liger.The Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat.The Yangtze Finless Porpoise.The Vaquita.The Saola.
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