Species at high risk of extinction, listed on the IUCN Red List.
IUCN categories: Least Concern, Near Threatened, Vulnerable, Endangered, Critically Endangered, Extinct in the Wild, Extinct. About 28 percent of assessed species face extinction.
Listing triggers legal protection. Recovery plans address threats. Some species have recovered thanks to action.
Key idea: extinction risk is assessed by transparent criteria.
Species at high risk of extinction, listed on the IUCN Red List.
Endangered Species is one of the 52 topics in Taxonomy & Biodiversity. It is rated Beginner, so it suits learners who are starting out in biology. Related topics in this area include IUCN Red List Criteria, Protected Areas, Biodiversity Hotspots.
The giant panda was downlisted to Vulnerable in 2016.
Endangered Species is a Beginner topic, so no earlier topic is required. Other Beginner topics in Taxonomy & Biodiversity that pair well with it include Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature, Taxonomic Hierarchy.
The closest topics to Endangered Species are IUCN Red List Criteria, Protected Areas, Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation Biology. Comparing them side by side is a good way to see how the ideas connect.
Read the summary and the in-depth section, then use the quick check on the interactive lesson for Endangered Species. To practise the whole of Taxonomy & Biodiversity, use the Taxonomy & Biodiversity quiz.
Endangered Species: Species at high risk of extinction, listed on the IUCN Red List. IUCN Red List Criteria: Quantitative thresholds for population size, decline and range classify species from Least Concern to Extinct. Read both side by side and note what each one explains.
First, read the summary and write the definition in your own words. Second, read the in-depth section and note any example. Third, compare it with IUCN Red List Criteria and explain the difference aloud. Finally, take the Taxonomy & Biodiversity quiz and come back to this page for any question you miss.
Quantitative thresholds for population size, decline and range classify species from Least Concern to Extinct.
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