| The Criteria for
Endangered
ENDANGERED (as described by the IUCN) (EN)
A taxon is Endangered when it is not
Critically Endangered but is facing a very high risk of extinction in
the wild in the near future, as defined by any of the following
criteria (A to E):
A) Population reduction in the form
of either of the following:
1) An observed, estimated, inferred
or suspected reduction of at least 50% over the last 10 years or three
generations, whichever is the longer, based on (and specifying) any of
the following:
a) direct observation
b) an index of abundance appropriate
for the taxon
c) a decline in area of occupancy,
extent of occurrence and/or quality of habitat
d) actual or potential levels of
exploitation
e) the effects of introduced taxa,
hybridisation, pathogens, pollutants, competitors or parasites.
2) A reduction of at least 50%,
projected or suspected to be met within the next ten years or three
generations, whichever is the longer, based on (and specifying) any of
(b), (c), (d), or (e) above.
B) Extent of occurrence estimated to
be less than 5000 km2 or area of occupancy estimated to be less than
500 km2, and estimates indicating any two of the following:
1) Severely fragmented or known to
exist at no more than five locations.
2) Continuing decline, inferred,
observed or projected, in any of the following:
a) extent of occurrence
b) area of occupancy
c) area, extent and/or quality of
habitat
d) number of locations or
subpopulations
e) number of mature individuals.
3) Extreme fluctuations in any of
the following:
a) extent of occurrence
b) area of occupancy
c) number of locations or
subpopulations
d) number of mature individuals.
C) Population estimated to number
less than 2500 mature individuals and either:
1) An estimated continuing decline of
at least 20% within 5 years or 2 generations, whichever is longer, or
2) A continuing decline, observed,
projected, or inferred, in numbers of mature individuals and population
structure in the form of either:
a) severely fragmented (i.e. no
subpopulation estimated to contain more than 250 mature individuals)
b) all individuals are in a single
subpopulation.
D) Population estimated to number
less than 250 mature individuals.
E) Quantitative analysis showing the
probability of extinction in the wild is at least 20% within 20 years
or 5 generations, whichever is the longer.
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