| The categories of the UICN Red List |
Extinct species
|
| EX |
Extinct species globally |
| EW |
Extinct species in the wild |
| RE |
Extinct species of the area concerned |
Threatened and endangered species in metropolitan territories |
CR |
Critically endangered (CR* Critically endangered, species probably extinct) |
| EN |
Endangered |
| VU |
Vulnerable |
Other categories |
| NT |
Near threatened (species close to the threatened thresholds or that species could be threatened if specific conservation measures were not taken) |
| LC |
Least concern (species for which the risk of extinction is in metropolitan territories) |
| DD |
Data deficient (species for which the assessment could not be performed due to insufficient data) |
| NA |
Not applicable (species not subject to review because (a) introduced in the recent period or (b) in metropolitan territories occasionally) |
| Former categories |
| LR |
Low risk of extinction |
| LR/nt |
Low risk of extinction/Near Threatened |
| LR/cd |
Low risk of extinction/Conservation dependent |
| LR/lc |
Low risk of extinction/Least concern |
| E |
Endangered species |
| V |
Vulnerable species |
| R |
Rare species |
| I |
Species indeterminate |
| Ex |
Extinct species |
| Ex? |
Species may be extinct |
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