Red list

Part of ➡️ Red Data Book

• published since 1964

• comprehensive inventory in the world
  • status of endangered :
    • plants 🌱
    • animals 🐒
    • fungi 🧫
• up-dation after every 10 yrs

What it does not include ⛔

• status of Endemic Species

Categories

Extinct (EX)

• Extinction

Extinct in Wild (EW)

• not surviving in wild
• present in protected environment

Critically Endangered (CR)

• popⁿ ⬇️ by 80-90%
• will go extinct in next 5 yrs.
• Examples of Critically Endangered in India

Endangered (EN)

• popⁿ ⬇️ by 50-70%
• may go extinct in next 10-15 yrs
• Examples for Endangered

Vulnerable (VU)

• popⁿ ⬇️ by 30-50%
• may go extinct in next 18-25 yrs
• Examples for Vulnerable

Near Threatened (NT)

• Himalayan tahr

Least Concerned (LC)

Data Deficit (DD)

Not Evaluated (NE)

Threatened Species

(CR) + (EN) + (VU)