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This list is of Red Lists, Red Data Books, and related initiatives that assess and document the extinction risk of species, whether on an international or more local level (regional Red Lists). The IUCN has published a set of Guidelines for Application of the IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels and at least 113 countries have ...
The Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) is an endangered subspecies of grasshopper sparrow native to the dry prairies of south-central Florida. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Florida grasshopper sparrow is one of four subspecies of grasshopper sparrows in North America, and is perhaps the most endangered. [ 4 ]
Pseudoziziphus celata, commonly known as the Florida jujube [4] [5] or Florida ziziphus, [6] is a small xeric-adapted shrub endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida (restricted to Polk and Highlands counties), and is one of the rarest plants in Florida. [7] It is listed as federally endangered in the United States and state endangered ...
It occurs in the Florida Keys and has been conflated with O. triacantha. Recent work shows that the two taxa are distinct. In addition to morphological and phylogenetic (DNA) differences, O. triacantha occurs in Cuba, whereas O. abjecta occurs in Florida. [2] Currently It is Listed as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List. [1]
The Red List of 2012 was released 19 July 2012 at Rio+20 Earth Summit; [17] nearly 2,000 species were added, [18] with 4 species to the extinct list, 2 to the rediscovered list. [19] The IUCN assessed a total of 63,837 species which revealed 19,817 are threatened with extinction.
There are currently more than 1300 species on this list. [11] On March 11, 1967, federal efforts to protect the manatee began when the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed the manatee as endangered on the ICUN Red List. [10] In 1972, the manatee was designated a marine mammal protected under the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Florida has some 33 animals and 43 plant species rated endangered. [citation needed] They include the Florida panther, the leatherback sea turtle, the West Indian manatee, and the red-cockaded woodpecker. Endangered plants include the bell-flower, scrub plum, Small's milk pea, and the water-willow. [citation needed]
The list includes information on 157,000 species, about 7,000 more than last year's update. The IUCN said just over 44,000 species are threatened with extinction. That's roughly 2,000 more than ...