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# Near Threatened Animals (Page 2 of 2)

> Species that do not yet qualify as threatened but are close enough to be watched carefully.

**30 species in this collection.**

- [Stag Beetle](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/stag-beetle/) (*Lucanus cervus*)
  - **Superpower**: Antler-like mandibles used to pry rival males loose and even throw them.
  - **Musical Match**: Architects (Modern Metalcore & Djent)
- [Striped Hyena](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striped-hyena/) (*Hyaena hyaena*)
  - **Superpower**: Jaws that crush and swallow bones, horns and hooves, and a digestive system adapted to maximize the nutrition it gets from its food; only the horns, hooves and hair come back up.
  - **Musical Match**: Boy Harsher (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk)
- [Swordfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/swordfish/) (*Xiphias gladius*)
  - **Superpower**: A heating tissue in one of its eye muscles that warms the brain and eyes up to 10 to 15 degrees C above the water, one adaptation that lets it swim in depths where the water may be just above freezing
  - **Musical Match**: Squarepusher (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle)
- [Tiger Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tiger-shark/) (*Galeocerdo cuvier*)
  - **Superpower**: Deeply notched, serrated teeth that, with a saw-like shake of the head, tear chunks from much larger animals and can pierce sea turtle shells
  - **Musical Match**: Ministry (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk)
- [White Rhinoceros](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/white-rhinoceros/) (*Ceratotherium simum*)
  - **Superpower**: A dermis 18 millimeters thick on average, and a keratin front horn that can grow longer than 1.5 meters (5 feet).
  - **Musical Match**: Red Fang (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove)
- [Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby/) (*Petrogale xanthopus*)
  - **Superpower**: Leaps of up to four metres from rock to rock on short-clawed, thickly padded hind feet
  - **Musical Match**: Sum 41 (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock)

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Conservation categories are from the [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/). AnimalTracks is independent of IUCN.