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  2. The world's 100 most threatened species - Wikipedia

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    The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]

  3. Conservation status - Wikipedia

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    The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. . Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmenta

  4. Endangered species - Wikipedia

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    Endangered species are addressed through Canada's Species at Risk Act. A species is deemed threatened or endangered when it is on the verge of extinction or extirpation. Once a species is deemed threatened or endangered, the Act requires that a recovery plan to be developed that indicates how to stop or reverse the species' population decline. [33]

  5. List of endangered mammals - Wikipedia

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    For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing "a very high risk of extinction". An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered mammals are listed ...

  6. Endangered species (IUCN status) - Wikipedia

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    On the IUCN Red List, endangered is the second-most severe conservation status for wild populations in the IUCN's schema after critically endangered. In 2012, the IUCN Red List featured 3,079 animal and 2,655 plant species as endangered worldwide. [1] The figures for 1998 were 1,102 and 1,197 respectively. [1]

  7. Category:Species by threat - Wikipedia

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    Endangered species by reason(s) they are (or were) threatened — the cause(s) for species being endangered in their native habitats.; This is primarily a sub-category for IUCN Red List species by the external threat(s) stated in IUCN reports for each listed species (hyperlinked under 'References' &/or 'External links' on most wikipedia articles when species are on IUCN Red List).

  8. List of endangered animals of North America - Wikipedia

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    As of November 1, 2009, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed approximately 1,200 animals as endangered or threatened in North America.. Note: This list is intended only for species listed as endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, not species listed as endangered by other countries or agencies such as the ...

  9. IUCN Red List endangered species (Animalia) - Wikipedia

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    The Andean mountain cat is an endangered species. On 19 August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4584 endangered species , subspecies , stocks and subpopulations. Annelida