what is the rarest mammal?

Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) (*P) - ... maybe no more than a few tens of individuals... (Reeves et al. 2003)
Vancouver Island Marmot (*P) - ...29... (Vanc. Is. Marm. Recov. Found. 2005)
Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (*P) - ...50 - 100 individuals... (IUCN 2004)
Javan Rhino (*P) - ...about 60... (Intl. Rhino Found. 2005)
Hispid Hare (Assam Rabbit) (*P) - ...110... (Kavitha 2001)
Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (*P) - ...113... (Queensland Parks Wildl. Serv. 2003)
Tamaraw (Dwarf Water Buffalo) (*P) - ...the total population is thought to be about 30 - 200... (IUCN 2003a)
Iberian Lynx (*P) - ...As few as 120... (FFI Update 2006)
Red Wolf (*P) - ...less than 150 (re-introduced) ... (IUCN 2004)
Dwarf Blue Sheep (*P) - ...approximately 200... (Wang et al. 2000)

2007-01-11 03:03:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋

Thylacine: World’s Rarest Animal?

New Sightings, New Expeditions

This January 2006, the most recent sighting of a Thylacine occurred. The Standard recorded probably what was the first cryptid sighting of 2006, that took place on January 2: "A Tasmanian tiger or thylacine ran across a road north of Colac about 12.50am…according to Warrion man Steven Bennett….The 24-year-old said the animal’s stripes, tail and hind legs convinced him it was not a dog, feral cat or fox."
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/thylacine-update/

Chinese river dolphin (sea,just a few)
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Lipotes_vexillifer/more_info.html

Amur leopard (land, 35 wild)
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Panthera_pardus_orientalis/

California condor(air, in 1980 only 8 in the wild now 61)
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Gymnogyps_californianus/more_info.html

2007-01-11 03:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by rob u 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋

There was a rumour that an extinct mammal was found in the forest of Indonesia; Here is an excerpt form the Times Online
"
The team from Conservation International and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences described today a lost world untouched by man, inhabited by dozens of species new to science and endangered mammals so tame that they allowed themselves to be picked up and handled."

One of their finds was a Golden-mantled Tree Kangeroo, which unlike its ground-hopping cousins lives in tree tops. The animal is new to Indonesia. It is believed to have been hunted nearly to extinction in neighbouring Papua New Guinea, where it was discovered in 1993.

2007-01-11 03:08:09 · answer #3 · answered by sneek_matrix 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋

The Iberian lynx..it was in the papers this week that scientists believe this to be the next mammal to become extinct in the wild.

2007-01-11 21:31:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Steller's Sea Cow. Presumed extinct.

2007-01-11 06:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

The duckbill, because it's the only mammal that reproduces through eggs and it's also the only poisonous mammal.

2007-01-12 13:36:36 · answer #6 · answered by Lara Croft 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Thylacine

2007-01-11 07:27:48 · answer #7 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) (*P) - ... maybe no more than a few tens of individuals... (Reeves et al. 2003)
Vancouver Island Marmot (*P) - ...29... (Vanc. Is. Marm. Recov. Found. 2005)
Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (*P) - ...50 - 100 individuals... (IUCN 2004)
Javan Rhino (*P) - ...about 60... (Intl. Rhino Found. 2005)
Hispid Hare (Assam Rabbit) (*P) - ...110... (Kavitha 2001)
Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (*P) - ...113... (Queensland Parks Wildl. Serv. 2003)
Tamaraw (Dwarf Water Buffalo) (*P) - ...the total population is thought to be about 30 - 200... (IUCN 2003a)
Iberian Lynx (*P) - ...As few as 120... (FFI Update 2006)
Red Wolf (*P) - ...less than 150 (re-introduced) ... (IUCN 2004)
Dwarf Blue Sheep (*P) - ...approximately 200... (Wang et al. 2000)
Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (*P) - ...fewer than 250 individuals... (IUCN 2003a)
Kouprey (Cambodian Forest Ox) (*P) - ...generally assumed to be less than 250... (IUCN 2003a)
Riverine Rabbit (*P) - ...About 250 adults... (Flux 2005)
Malabar Large Spotted Civet (*P) - ...fewer than 250 mature individuals are thought to survive... (Nowak 1999)
Saola (Vu Quang Ox) (*P) - ...estimated at less than 250 mature individuals... (IUCN 2006)
Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (*P) - ...less than 300... (IUCN 2003a)
Sumatran Rhino (*P) - ...about 300... (Intl. Rhino Found. 2005)
Northern Muriqui - ...less than 300... (IUCN 2003a)
Visayan Spotted Deer (*P) - ...a few hundred... (Heaney and Regalado 1998)
Hirola (Hunter's Hartebeest) (*P) - ...by 1995 numbers were down to 300... (Kingdon 1997)
Addax (*P) - ...may not exceed a few hundred individuals... (Mallon & Kingswood 2001)
North Atlantic Right Whale (*P) - ...around 350... (Focus 2004a)
Black-faced Lion Tamarin (*P) - ...as few as 400... (Natl. Zoo Cons. Sci. 2004)
Ethiopian Wolf (*P) - ...at least 442... (Sillero-Zubiri & Marino 2004)
Black-footed Ferret (*P) - ...about 500 in the wild... (Focus 2005a)
African Wild *** (*P) - ...less than 570... (Moehlman 2002a)
Vaquita (*P) - ...less than 600... (Oryx 2004d)
Arabian Oryx (*P) - ...Approximately 886 (re-introduced)... (IUCN 2004)
Mediterranean Monk Seal (*P) - ...an estimated 500 individuals... (Karamanlidis et al. 2004)
Bactrian Camel (*P) - ...approximately 950... (IUCN 2003a)
Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur (*P) - ...estimated to number between 100 - 1000... (IUCN 2002)
Southern Muriqui (Woolly Spider Monkey) (*P) - ...does not exceed 1000... (IUCN 2003a)
Golden Bamboo Lemur (*P) - ...about 1000 individuals... (IUCN 2002)
Golden-rumped Lion Tamarin (*P) - ...1000... (Natl. Zoo Cons. Sci. 2004)
Greater Bamboo Lemur (*P) - ...1000 individuals... (IUCN 2003a)
Indus River Dolphin (*P) - ...At least 1000... (Focus/WWF 2001)

2007-01-11 03:04:25 · answer #8 · answered by da4boyz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

The Blue Whale!!!

2007-01-11 03:32:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

Can't top the 1st answer, give the girl the 10 lol

2007-01-11 03:02:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋

what is the rarest mammal?

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