Conflict and the Environment in Iraq

Group	Scientific name	Common name (English)	IUCN global status category	Notes
Vertebrate species and subspecies in Iraq categorised as globally threatened
M	Lutrogale perspicillata	Indian smooth-coated otter	VU
M	Eptesicus nasutus	Sind Bat	VU
M	Myotis capaccinii	Long-fingered bat	VU
M	Rhinolophus euryale	Mediterranean horseshoe bat	VU
M	Rhinolophus hipposideros	Lesser horseshoe bat	VU
M	Rhinolophus mehelyi	Mehely's horseshoe bat	VU
M	Ovis orientalis ssp. gmelinii	Armenian mouflon	VU
M	Capra aegagrus	Wild goat	VU
M	Capra aegagrus ssp. blythi	Sind ibex	VU
M	Lutra lutra	Common otter	VU
M	Gazella subgutturosa marica	Arabian goitred gazelle	VU
B	Numenius tenuirostris	Slender-billed Curlew	CR
B	Oxyura leucocephala	White-headed duck	EN
B	Vanellus gregarius	Sociable lapwing	VU
B	Falco naumanni	Lesser kestrel	VU
B	Marmaronetta angustirostris	Marbled duck	VU
B	Phalacrocorax nigrogularis	Socotra cormorant	VU
B	Crex crex	Corn crake	VU
B	Otis tarda	Great bustard	VU
B	Branta ruficollis	Red-breasted goose	VU
B	Aquila clanga	Greater spotted eagle	VU
B	Aquila heliaca	Imperial eagle	VU
B	Haliaeetus leucoryphus	Band-tailed fish-eagle	VU
R	Rafetus euphraticus	Euphrates softshell turtle	EN	near endemic; Tigris-Euphrates basin
R	Testudo graeca	Common tortoise	VU
F	Caecocypris basimi	(cave fish)	VU	Iraq endemic restricted to single cave system
F	Typhlogarra widdowsoni	(cave fish)	VU	Iraq endemic restricted to single cave system
Endemic or near-endemic species, not categorised as globally threatened
M	Nesokia bunnii			Iraq endemic
B	Acrocephalus griseldis	Basra reed-warbler		near endemic (Syria?)
B	Turdoides altirostris	Iraq Babbler		near endemic (into Iran)
A	Neurergus crocatus	Lake Urmia Newt		near endemic; mountains of wider Kurdish region
Globally threatened marine species absent from Iraq waters but present in Gulf
M	Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale	EN	probably absent from northern Gulf
M	Megaptera novaeangliae	Humpback whale	VU	probably absent from northern Gulf
M	Dugong dugon	Dugong	VU	vagrant in northern Gulf; important populations further south
Globally threatened or extinct species formerly present in Iraq
M	Acinonyx jubatus	Cheetah	VU
M	Panthera leo	Lion	VU
M	Dama dama ssp. mesopotamica	Persian fallow deer	EN
M	Oryx leucoryx	Arabian oryx	EN
M	Equus hemionus ssp. hemippus	Syrian wild ass	EX	Extinct
M	Gazella saudiya	Saudi gazelle	EW	Extinct in wild
M = mammal, B = bird, R = reptile, A = amphibian, F = fish; global status category retrieved 13 March 03 from the IUCN Red List