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Carcharhinus longimanus - Oceanic Whitetip SharkCarcharhinus longimanus - Oceanic Whitetip Shark
More about "Carcharhinus longimanus"
Critically Endangered
Preferred common name:
Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Class:
CHONDRICHTHYES
Class Simplified:
CARTILAGINOUS FISHES

Scientific Name: Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Order: CARCHARHINIFORMES
Family: CARCHARHINIDAE
Genus: CARCHARHINUS
Specific Epithet: LONGIMANUS
Taxon Rank: species

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Claim to the Carbon Majors:
  • 14.32% China Coal Energy Co. Ltd
  • 4.50% Saudi Arabian Oil Company
  • 3.91% Gazprom OAO
  • 2.28% National Iranian Oil Co
  • 1.98% ExxonMobil Corp
  • 1.87% Coal India
  • 1.87% Petroleos Mexicanos
  • 1.86% Russia Coal SUEK
  • 1.67% Royal Dutch Shell PLC
  • 1.56% China National Petroleum
  • 1.53% BP PLC
  • 1.31% Chevron Corp
  • 1.23% Petroleos de Venezuela SA
  • 1.20% Abu Dhabi National Oil Co
  • 1.16% Poland Coal
  • 1.15% Peabody Energy Corp
  • 1.00% Sonatrach SPA
  • 1.00% Kuwait Petroleum Corp
  • 0.95% Total SA
  • 0.91% BHP Billiton Ltd
  • 0.91% ConocoPhillips
  • 0.77% Petroleo Brasileiro SA
  • 0.75% Lukoil OAO
  • 0.75% Rio Tinto
  • 0.72% Nigerian National Petroleum
  • 0.69% Petroliam Nasional Berhad
  • 0.65% Rosneft OAO
  • 0.63% Arch Coal Inc
  • 0.60% Iraq National Oil Co
  • 0.59% Eni SPA
  • 0.59% Anglo American
  • 0.57% Surgutneftegas OAO
  • 0.54% Alpha Natural Resources
  • 0.54% Qatar Petroleum Corp
  • 0.54% PT Pertamina
  • 0.53% Kazakhstan Coal
  • 0.52% Statoil ASA
  • 0.50% National Oil Corporation of Libya
  • 0.50% Consol Energy Inc
  • 0.49% Ukraine Coal
  • 0.47% RWE AG
  • 0.40% Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd
  • 0.38% Glencore PLC
  • 0.36% TurkmenGaz
  • 0.35% Sasol Ltd
  • 0.33% Repsol SA
  • 0.33% Anadarko Petroleum Corp
  • 0.31% Egyptian General Petroleum Corp
  • 0.31% Petroleum Development Oman LLC
  • 0.30% Czech Republic Coal

A few other species of the family Carcharhinidae:
Carcharhinus obscurus
Dusky Whaler
Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Grey Reef Shark
Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Glyphis gangeticus
Ganges River Shark
Critically Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Carcharhinus hemiodon
Pondicherry Shark
Critically Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Carcharhinus longimanus
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Critically Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Glyphis garricki
New Guinea River Shark
Critically Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus
Daggernose Shark
Critically Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Glyphis siamensis
Irrawaddy River Shark
Critically Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
Carcharhinus porosus
Smalltail Shark
Critically Endangered; cartilaginous fishes; carcharhinidae.
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The data and images of the Extinction Claims were aggregated from IUCN Red List, iNaturalist, and Wikidata.
The Extinction Claims peoject is created by the artist and activist Paolo Cirio and it is a co-production between the art institutions Baltan Laboratories in Eindhoven and MediaMatic in Amsterdam.