The red list includes six categories. The first category is least concerned, which means lowest risk of becoming endangered. Second is near threatened, which means to be likely endangered in a few years. Third and forth are endangered and critically endangered, endangered means high risk of extinction in the wild and critically endangered means extremely high risk of becoming extinct in the wild. Then the two last categories and extinct in the wild and extinct, extinct in the wild means known only to survive in captivity and extinct means no Keon living individual.
Many animals are endangered and for many different reasons. There are 5766 endangered animals and 3947 critically endangered animals. To add to that fact there are over ten thousand animals that are vulnerable to becoming endangered.
The ICUN red list is a list of all endangered animals. On the ICUN red list web page they also have lists of least least concerned, near threatened, vulnerable, critically endangered, extinct in the wild, and extinct. Things like deforestation, lose of habitat, building, mining, disease, and poaching are just a few factors leading to endangerment of many animals.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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Many animals are endangered and for many different reasons. There are 5766 endangered animals and 3947 critically endangered animals. To add to that fact there are over ten thousand animals that are vulnerable to becoming endangered.
The ICUN red list is a list of all endangered animals. On the ICUN red list web page they also have lists of least least concerned, near threatened, vulnerable, critically endangered, extinct in the wild, and extinct. Things like deforestation, lose of habitat, building, mining, disease, and poaching are just a few factors leading to endangerment of many animals.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Notes