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Endangered
Red List category for species facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
In everyday speech “endangered” is often used for any animal at risk. On this site it always means this specific 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.
- Vulnerable
- Red List category for species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. The lowest of the three threatened categories.
- Critically Endangered
- Red List category for species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. The highest threatened category.