Factors of animals being Endangered and Critically Endangered in Malaysia / Mohd. Azwan Yahya, Nur Hazwani Mohammad Sani and Syifa’ Salehudin

Endangered animals are now considered as the biggest issue worldwide as illegal animal hunting, poaching, deforestation and other illegal activities are still happening because there is a high demand regarding the animals’ unique characteristics such as tusks, skin and fur. Malaysia specifically, is home to a wide diversity of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish species. However, the number of endangered and critically endangered animals are increasing annually due to several factors. This research is conducted mainly to identify the significant factors that cause animals to become endangered or critically endangered. Besides, this research is done to develop a model using logistic regression method on factors of endangered and critically endangered animals. The importance of this research is to get accurate information regarding the factors of animals being endangered and critically endangered in Malaysia aside from it may be beneficial to the government and non-government bodies in helping to preserve and protect these wonderful species. A total of 250 animals are collected from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals website and is classified according to its 12 factors. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that factors 3 and 4 are significant to the model as their p-values are lower than 0.05. This suggests that factors energy production and mining and biological resource use determine the status of animals to become endangered or critically endangered.