Critically endangered

Short description: IUCN conservation category

A critically endangered (CR) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.[1]

As of 2014, there are 2,464 animal and 2,104 plant species with this assessment.[2]

As the IUCN Red List does not consider a species extinct until extensive, targeted surveys have been conducted, species that are possibly extinct are still listed as critically endangered. IUCN maintains a list[3] of "possibly extinct" CR(PE) and "possibly extinct in the wild" CR(PEW) species, modelled on categories used by BirdLife International to categorize these taxa.

## Contents

* 1 Criteria for critically endangered species
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 3.1 Citations
* 3.2 Sources
* 4 External links

## Criteria for critically endangered species

To be defined as critically endangered in the Red List, a species must meet any of the following criteria (A–E) ("3G/10Y" signifies three generations or ten years—whichever is longer—over a maximum of 100 years; "MI" signifies Mature Individuals):[4]

A: Population size reduction

1\. If the reasons for population reduction no longer occur and can be reversed, the population needs to have been reduced by at least 90%
2\. 3. and 4. If not, then the population needs to have been reduced by at least 80%

B: Occurring over less than 100 km2 OR the area of occupancy is less than 10 km2

1\. Severe habitat fragmentation or existing at just one location

2\. Decline in extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, area/extent/quality of habitat, number of locations/subpopulations, or amount of MI.

3\. Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number of locations/subpopulations, or amount of MI.

C: Declining population of less than 250 MI and either:

1\. A decline of 25% over 3G/10Y;

2\. Extreme fluctuations, or over 90% of MI in a single subpopulation, or no more than 50 MI in any one subpopulation.

D: Numbers less than 50 MI.

E: At least 50% chance of going Extinct in the Wild over 3G/10Y.

## See also

* Lists of IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species for lists ordered by taxonomic rank.
* Category:IUCN Red List critically endangered species for an alphabetical list
* The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates
* The world's 100 most threatened species
* IUCN for additional information on the IUCN
* List of critically endangered amphibians
* List of critically endangered arthropods
* List of critically endangered birds
* List of critically endangered fish
* List of critically endangered insects
* List of critically endangered invertebrates
* List of critically endangered mammals
* List of critically endangered molluscs
* List of critically endangered plants
* List of critically endangered reptiles
* List of Chromista by conservation status
* List of fungi by conservation status

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "IUCN RED LIST CATEGORIES AND CRITERIA". 2000-02-09. http://s3.amazonaws.com/iucnredlist-newcms/staging/public/attachments/3097/redlist_cats_crit_en.pdf. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
2. ↑ IUCN (2014). "Table 2: Changes in numbers of species in the threatened categories (CR, EN, VU) from 1996 to 2014 (IUCN Red List version 2014.2) for the major taxonomic groups on the Red List" (PDF). http://cmsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/summarystats/2014_2_Summary_StatsPage_Documents/2014_2_RL_Stats_Table2.pdf. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
3. ↑ "Summary Statistics". http://www.iucnredlist.org/about/summary-statistics#Table_9.
4. ↑ IUCN (February 2014). "Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria" (PDF). https://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/redlistguidelines.pdf. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

### Sources

* List of Critically Endangered Species. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

## External links

* The Criteria for Critically Endangered, IUCN

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Threatened species

Template: Threatened species by region

IUCN Red List|

| Categories1|

| Extinct|

* Extinct (EX)
* Extinct in the Wild (EW)

|

Threatened|

* Critically Endangered (CR)
* Endangered (EN)
* Vulnerable (VU)

Lower risk|

* Near Threatened (NT)
* Least Concern (LC)
* Lower Risk (LR)
* Conservation Dependent (LR/cd)

Not fully assessed|

* Data Deficient (DD)
* Not Evaluated (NE)

Species|

| Lists|

* Extinct
* Extinct in the Wild
* Critically Endangered
* Endangered
* Vulnerable
* Near Threatened
* Least Concern
* Data Deficient

|

WP categories|

* Extinct
* Extinct in the Wild
* Critically Endangered
* Endangered
* Vulnerable
* Near Threatened
* Least Concern
* Data Deficient

CITES|

* Appendix I
* Appendix II
* Appendix III

By taxa|

* Endangered arthropods / spiders / Decline in insect populations
* Threatened Banksia / rays / sharks / Fungi / Chromista
* The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates
* The world's 100 most threatened species

Conservation|

* Biodiversity action plan
* Biodiversity threats
* Conservation biology
* CITES
* ARKive
* Bird conservation
* Conservation status
* Conservation-reliant species
* Ecoregion conservation status
* Habitat destruction
* Latent extinction risk
* Rare species
* Vulnerability and susceptibility

1 Pre-2001 categories and subcategories shown in italics.

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