What Animals Are Going Extinct 2024 List. The number of species at risk for extinction clearly shows that we need to work to conserve and protect currently endangered animals before it's too late. 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.

Despite good news for animals such as the european bison, a total of 31 species have been declared extinct, including three frogs of central america, 17 freshwater fish of the. The number of species at risk for extinction clearly shows that we need to work to conserve and protect currently endangered animals before it’s too late.