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Determine whether the following species are extinct, endangered, or threatened.

The Tasmanian tiger, the largest known carnivorous marsupial, was wiped out of the wild due to constant hunting:

The Amur leopard is now gone from most of its original habitat due to human activity. Only twenty to thirty Amur leopards remain in the wild:

Western Lowland gorilla populations have dropped sixty percent in the past twenty-five years due to poaching, habitat loss, and, mainly, disease. Their numbers are expected to keep dropping, and the species could soon disappear:

The Eastern gemfish population has declined due to commercial fishing. New protection efforts seem to be helping the population slowly recover:

The golden toad was forced from its breeding sites when erratic weather caused pools to dry up. No frogs have been found in over two decades:

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  1. The Tasmanian tiger is unfortunately now an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was once native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea
  2. The Amur leopard is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
  3. The western Lowland gorilla is also Critically Endangered.
  4. The eastern Gemfish is a Threatened species
  5. The golden Toad has been classified as Extinct, from my research on the subject.
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