Conservation status

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:See [Conservation status] for the classifications of conservation status used in Wikipedia.

the risk of extinction
Conservation status

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Threatened species

Vulnerable • list
Endangered • list
Critically Endangered • list

Extinction

Extinct • plants • animals
Recently extinct • list
Extinct in the wild • list

Lower risk

Near threatened • list
Conservation dependent • list Least concern • list

Organisations

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

See also

IUCN Red List

The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of a species: not simply the number remaining, but the overall increase or decrease in the population over time, breeding success rates, known threats, and so on.

The best-known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system is the IUCN Red List, but other more specialised lists and systems exist, such as The Nature Conservancy's conservation status ranking system, and CITES.