Endangered species

Conservation status
by IUCN Red List category
Conservation status by IUCN Red List category
Extinct
Extinct (EX); Extinct in the Wild (EW);	(list); (list);
Threatened
Critically Endangered (CR); Endangered (EN); Vulnerable (VU);	(list); (list); (list);
Lower Risk
Near Threatened (NT); Conservation Dependent (CD); Least Concern (LC);	(list); (list);
	Other categories
Data Deficient (DD); Not Evaluated (NE);	(list);
	Related topics International Union for the; Conservation of Nature (IUCN); IUCN Red List; NatureServe status; Lists of organisms by population;
	; Comparison of Red list classes above; and NatureServe status below;
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An endangered species is a group of animals or plants which is threatened by becoming extinct. This could happen because there are few of that animal left, its predators have grown in number, or the climate that it lives in is changing, or the places it lives in have been destroyed.

Quick facts Conservation status by IUCN Red List category, Extinct ...

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has worked out that endangered species are 40% of all organisms.^[1]

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Conservation status by IUCN Red List category

Extinct
Extinct (EX) Extinct in the Wild (EW)	(list) (list)
Threatened
Critically Endangered (CR) Endangered (EN) Vulnerable (VU)	(list) (list) (list)
Lower Risk
Near Threatened (NT) Conservation Dependent (CD) Least Concern (LC)	(list) (list)
Other categories
Data Deficient (DD) Not Evaluated (NE)	(list)
Related topics International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) IUCN Red List NatureServe status Lists of organisms by population
Comparison of Red list classes above and NatureServe status below
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