Glossary · also CR
Critically Endangered
Red List category for species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. The highest threatened category.
Related terms
- IUCN Red List
- The global assessment of how close each species is to extinction, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Threatened
- The collective term for the three Red List categories Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered.
- Endangered
- Red List category for species facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- Extinct in the Wild
- Red List category for species that survive only in captivity, in cultivation, or as populations well outside their natural range.