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69: 709: 207: 843: 335: 534: 463: 769: 328: 953:), close to qualifying for listing as Vulnerable but not fully meeting those criteria; slowly declining or fairly small populations but probably no danger of going extinct even without conservation activity in the foreseeable future, or threats suspected to affect taxon in the near future but still avoidable. 1113:
individuals survive, and/or the species has been reintroduced outside its former natural range, but the species otherwise matches the criteria for "Extinct", such that no free-living, natural population is believed to exist. "Extirpated" is a term used for localized extinctions of extant species; it
1172:): a taxon is listed as Data deficient when there is inadequate information to make an assessment of its risk category, either through lack of knowledge of population size, threats to it, or to taxonomic uncertainty of the validity of the taxon, but where indications of a 439:
Domesticated, Prehistoric, and Fossil. Domesticated animals should still use IUCN categories when available for wild populations. No category assigned for "cultivated" (domesticated plants). Note that "domesticated" is a dubious category, not assigned by conservation
937:) was a catch-all category which includes common species as well as those for which there may be conservation concern, but which do not warrant a higher category. This category was removed in the IUCN 3.x criteria, promoting its subcategories to full categories. 1206:): taxa whose conservation status has not been assessed to date. Many species have not been evaluated. This may be due to them being too recently described to be included in the latest IUCN red book. Any extant taxa that cannot be found with the 1289:
and likely to be adopted by other authorities including the IUCN in the near future. The weight of evidence points against the continuing existence of the taxon, but final surveys are still pending. Examples:
878: 1261:: no immediate threat to the survival of the species. This category overlaps Least Concern but has been applied to domesticated animals, for which the IUCN criteria are not valid. Examples: 1254:
The following additional categories cover species that fall outside the scope of the IUCN Red List. The IUCN criteria are authoritative and should be used directly if applicable.
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specimens, on the other hand, would not alter their "Fossil" status. As a rule of thumb, taxa extinct in the recent 50-30.000 years would possibly qualify as "Prehistoric".
455: 60: 1193:(lack of knowledge of wild population size but widespread as ornamental tree). Both taxa would likely be classified as NT or VU if sufficient data were available. 1139:): extensive and appropriate surveys have failed to record any living members. The last remaining member is known or strongly suspected to have died later than 198: 1364:
material records; there may be a few chance finds of preserved tissue, but organic matter of these species is generally nonexistent and has been replaced by
943:(Conservation Dependent, now part of NT), stable and sizable populations depend on sustained conservation activity. (this category was absorbed by NT in 3.x) 829:
DL = Delisted – should only be used on Knowledge if a species is delisted because it is no longer threatened (ESA status D3C, DM, and possibly DO and DP)
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Appendix II includes lesser-threatened and look-alike species; this status may be used for the former if no formal status evaluation by IUCN etc exists.
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It should be noted that scientific literature does not usually distinguish between fossil and subfossil specimens. Generally, if molecular analysis or
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Category abbreviations are not official. DL (Delisted) should only be used on Knowledge if a species is delisted because it is no longer threatened.
1190: 1214: 1064:(still "EW" on the IUCN Red List because last reviewed in 1996; currently EN according to ESA or G1 according to the more precise TNC G-ranks). 1565:
Please do not use a conservation status that has not been officially given by an authoritative source. Your own judgement may be considered
696: 360:). The non-global N- and S- ranks, for National (N) and Subnational (state/province) assessments, are not supported by the taxobox system. 1497: 1521: 1449: 1500: 836: 646: 1524: 1452: 963:), species that have been evaluated and found to be so common that no conservation concern is projected in the foreseeable future. 747: 644: 524: 1488: 1229: 1210:
can be considered NE within IUCN, and the status field should be left blank, unless they are found within another system (e.g.
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These should only be used if they a) apply to the global population and b) if no global system has assessed the species yet.
383: 1512: 1440: 1428: 1326:, as molecular analysis of the specimens can be compared against that of other modern and prehistoric specimens. Examples: 320: 632: 1476: 503: 1425: 592: 1403: 1503: 1473: 684: 1527: 1455: 321: 1494: 1558: 1409: 453: 357: 1548: 1518: 1446: 1416: 594: 1431: 395:
Does not cover range ranks, uncertain ranks, C qualifier. This is a technical (non-deliberate) limitation.
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Appendix I contains highly threatened species; most of these are assessed by IUCN or TNC too however.
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can be routinely carried out on specimens of a taxon, the taxon is classified as "Prehistoric". The
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criteria directly using the most up-to-date database; the criteria given here are only a summary.
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Appendix III does not include globally threatened species; "CITES_A3" is not to be used anymore.
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Should only be used for endemic New Zealand species, as it does not assess global range.
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IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Red List
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Should only be used for endemic species, as it does not assess global range.
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extinctions. Generally speaking, this encompasses pre-Western contact Late
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Only Appendix I and II ("CITES_A1", "CITES_A2") are valid for Knowledge.
1349: 1077: 1049: 708: 206: 68: 55: 1586:- default reference work for conservation status of Recent avian taxa. 1572: 1333: 1319: 1149: 1110: 842: 334: 38:
1994 or 2001 categories. Such species should be classified using the
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threatened species and species believed to have become extinct after
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of what seems to be minute amounts of preserved soft tissue in some
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always refers to a specific area where the species no longer exists.
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Listing and changing the conservation status of Queensland species
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LR/cd = Lower Risk (conservation dependent). Other as per IUCN 3.1
1365: 991: 698: 1361: 1242: 137:) are not official IUCN categories, but PE has been adopted by 1207: 1014:): faces a considerable risk of extinction in the medium term. 820:
EX = extinct (ESA status D3A - "delisted, apparently extinct")
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NR = outputs "Not recognized"; use of this value is deprecated
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New Zealand Threat Classification System Manual (2008)
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for LR - please use LR/lc, LR/nt, or LR/cd, instead.
1318:. A major part of the species' remains exist in a 431: 1569:, which is against Knowledge policy to include. 1285:CR (PE), a semi-official category introduced by 182:PEW = Probably extinct in the wild (informal) – 1579:IUCN Red List Categories & Criteria (2011) 685:Listing of species and ecological communities 234:EX EW CR EN VU LR/cd LR/nt LR/lc DD NE PE PEW 1360:: The species is only known from completely 1352:extinctions. 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Index

conservation status
Knowledge
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IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Red List
IUCN
IUCN Red List

Cite iucn


Birdlife International
CR status image
Critically endangered
CR status image
Critically endangered
IUCN Red List


CITES
CITES appendices
TNC (NatureServe) G-ranks and T-ranks


link

Archived
Wayback Machine
Explanatory notes
EPBC

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