Question

According to IUCN Red list, during the last two decades, the maximum increase in the number of threatened species is among

Answer 1

Endangered species

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is the organisation that publishes the Red List of species.

The IUCN Red list is a record of endangered species.

Threatened species are those which are likely to become endangered in the future and eventually get in the phase of extinction.

According to the IUCN red list more than $40,000$ species are endangered.

In the present time, birds, amphibians, mammals and reptiles taxonomic groups are facing the extinction threat of $13\%,41\%,26\%$ and $21\%$ respectively.