Glossary · also VU
Vulnerable
Red List category for species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. The lowest of the three threatened categories.
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.