Red List Categories (2000) |
RE
Regionally Extinct |
A
species is Regionally Extinct when there is no reaso-nable doubt
that the last individual potentially capable of reproduction within
the country (region) has died or disappeared from the country
(region).
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CR
Critically Endangered |
A species is Critically Endangered when it is facing an extremely high risk of
extinction in the wild in the immediate future, as defined by any of
the criteria A to E for that category.
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EN
Endangered |
A species is Endangered when it is not Critically Endangeredbut yet facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, as defined by any of the criteria A to E
for that category.
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VU
Vulnerable |
A species is Vulnerable when it is not Critically Endangeredor Endangered but yet facing a high risk of
extinction in the wild in the medium-term future, as defined by any
of the criteria A to D for that category.
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NT
Near Threatened |
A species is Near Threatened when it does not satisfy
the criteria of any of the categories Critically Endangered, Endangeredor Vulnerable, but is close to qualifying for Vulnerable.
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DD
Data Deficient |
A species is assigned to Data
Deficient when there is inadequate
information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its
distribution and/or population status. According
to the guidelines adopted for this Red List no
species should, however, be placed in this
category unless there is some indication that it
may be threatened or even regionally extinct.
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