table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=1 tr td valign=top a href=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081006-animals-video-ap.html?source=rss img src=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/081006-animals-video-ap_60x40.jpg height=40 width=60 alt=image / /a /td td valign=top pThe African elephant, Cuban crocodile, and Asian fishing cat are among species elevated to more critical categories on the updated global Red List of Threatened Species./p /td /tr/table