🇮🇩 Indonesia is Home to Four of the World's Most Endangered Animals

What we’re showing:

This graphic shows the 10 most endangered animals by numbers found in the wild, per estimates from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) UK. The number of African Forest Elephants listed is the last estimate from 2013.

Key Takeaway

Indonesia’s rainforests—home to 17% of all birds, 12% of the world’s mammals, and 10% of all plants—have steadily decreased as population growth and human settlement surged in the country.

As a result, the country has already seen many species go extinct. It also currently has four animals (the Sumatran Orangutan, the Tapanuli Orangutan, the Sunda Island Tiger, and the Javan Rhino) on the WWF's Most Endangered Animals list.