Extinct Extinct in the Wild 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. ... The Dodo, shown here in illustration, is an often-cited[1] example of modern extinction. ... The Dodo, shown here in illustration, is an often-cited[1] example of modern extinction. ...
Threatened
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Threatened Organisms that have a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct. ... The critically endangered Siberian Tiger, a rare subspecies of tiger. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... Threatened species refers to animal and plant species under a serious, but perhaps not imminent, threat of extinction. ...
Lower risk
Conservation Dependent Near Threatened Least Concern Domesticated Conservation Dependent (LR/cd) was an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which were dependent on conservation efforts to prevent the taxon becoming threatened with extinction. ... Near Threatened (NT) is an conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... Dogs and sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated. ...
See also
World Conservation Union IUCN Red List The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ...
Data Deficient (DD) is a category applied by the IUCN to a species when the available information is not sufficient for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. This does not necessarily indicate that the species has not been extensively studied; but it does indicate that little or no information is available on the abundance and distribution of the species. The IUCN recommends that care be taken to avoid classing species as Data Deficient when the absence of records may actually indicate dangerously low abundance: "If the range of a taxon is suspected to be relatively circumscribed, if a considerable period of time has elapsed since the last record of the taxon, threatened status may well be justified."[1] The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... 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. ...
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