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Scientists found a winged animal with a “metallic” body in a forest of Yunnan and discovered a new species, a study said. NO. 17: ‘RARE’ WINGED CREATURE — WITH ‘MAGICAL RED’ BODY ...
A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened. Designation of a rare species may be made by an official body, such as a national government, state, or province.
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 ]
As of December 2023, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5702 plant species categorized as Critically Endangered, including 569 which are tagged as possibly extinct and 48 possibly extinct in the wild. [1] [2] 8.6% of all evaluated plant species are listed as critically endangered. The IUCN also lists 284 subspecies ...
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.
Arthropods — List of critically endangered arthropods. Insects — List of critically endangered insects; Molluscs List of critically endangered molluscs; Mammals — List of critically endangered mammals; Reptiles — List of critically endangered reptiles; Fungi (kingdom Fungi) — List of fungi by conservation status; Plants (kingdom ...
Endangered and threatened species are plants and animals that have dwindled to such low numbers they could be wiped out without rules to protect them and help them recover. Some other animals not ...
An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered plants are listed separately. There are 6147 plant species which are endangered or critically endangered. Additionally 1674 plant species (7.6% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient ...