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 |