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Mammals in crisis as endangered list widens.

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Almost one in four of the earth's mammals are at risk of obliteration, according to study results recently released by the Swiss-based International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The global environmental network, headquartered near Geneva, said 1,141 of the planet's 5,487 mammals are in danger of extinction, and called the situation an "extinction crisis". Habitat loss and degradation are cited as two of the main culprits.

"Within our lifetime hundreds of species could be lost as a result of our own actions, a frightening sign of what is happening to the ecosystems where they live," said Julia Marton-Lefevre, IUCN director general.

Of the 1,141 mammals on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, 188 have been placed in the most at-risk, or 'critically endangered' category.

The Iberian Lynx, decimated by a dwindling supply of prey, carries the dubious distinction of belonging to this category now that its population has...

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