Question

What are the categories of different species on the basis of the degree of threat?

Answer 1

Threatened species :

1. Threatened species are the species which are on the verge of extinction in the near or far future.
2. These species are recorded by IUCN in a Red data book.

IUCN red list categories :

IUCN has classified species into nine categories :

1. Extinct (EX): All the individuals have died.
2. Extinct in wild (EW): species that survive only in cultivation or in captivity.
3. Critically endangered ( CR ): extremely at high risk of extinction in wild.
4. Endangered (EN): high risk of extinction
5. Vulnerable (VU): endangered and can face a high risk of extinction in the future.
6. Near Threatened (NT)
7. Least concern (LC)