If an animal is rare it must be endangered.
But the most rare animal living is a Galapagos tortoise called lonely george. He is the only one left in the world.
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It is an animal which is not found very often anymore and is in danger of because extinc ( the whole species dying out). An example of this is a polar bear, or a gorilla.