The document discusses various endangered species and their protection status, categorizing them into three appendices based on their risk of extinction and trade regulations. Appendix 1 lists species threatened with extinction, Appendix 2 includes species under controlled trade, and Appendix 3 focuses on species that require assistance in trade control. Notable species mentioned include the Mexican pronghorn, American bison, blue whale, and gorilla.

1. CITES SPECIES How seriously endangered are these and how strongly protected are they? Appendix 1 - Threatened with extinction, trade only permitted in exception circumstances? Appendix 2 - Not necessarily threatened with extinction but trade controlled? Appendix 3 - Where at least one country has asked for assistance in controlling trade?

2. Mexican pronghorn

3. American bison

4. Barbary deer

5. Indian wild dog

6. Hog nosed skunk

7. Walrus

8. Spectacled Bear

9. Blue whale

10. Giant armadillo

11. Mexican rose Tarantula

12. Hartmann’s Zebra

13. Mantled howler monkey

14. Gorilla

15. Asian elephant

16. Chinchilla

17. Dugong

18. Red breasted goose

19. Andean Condor

20. Red capped parrot

21. Venus flytrap

22. Black coral

23. Sky blue poison frog