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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Animalia
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Plantae
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Protista
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Vulnerable species
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subspecies
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varieties
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* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
, stocks and sub-populations.
For IUCN lists of vulnerable species by
kingdom
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*Animals (kingdom
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in ...
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IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Animalia)
In August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 6086 Vulnerable species, subspecies and Variety (botany), varieties, stocks and sub-populations in the Animalia kingdom.
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**Amphibians —
List of vulnerable amphibians
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 670 vulnerable amphibian species. 10% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as vulnerable.
No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by th ...
**Birds —
List of vulnerable birds
As of December 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 798 Vulnerable species, vulnerable Aves, avian species. 7.3% of all evaluated avian species are listed as vulnerable.
No subpopulations of birds have been eva ...
**Fish —
List of vulnerable fishes
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1245 vulnerable fish species. 8.1% of all evaluated fish species are listed as vulnerable.
The IUCN also lists eight fish subspecies as vulnerable.
Of the ...
**Invertebrates —
List of vulnerable invertebrates
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* List (surname)
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* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
***Arthropods —
List of vulnerable arthropods
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1080 vulnerable arthropod species. 11% of all evaluated arthropod species are listed as vulnerable.
The IUCN also lists 29 arthropod subspecies as vulnerable.
N ...
****Insects —
List of vulnerable insects
***Molluscs
List of vulnerable molluscs
**Mammals —
List of vulnerable mammals
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 529 vulnerable mammalian species. 9.6% of all evaluated mammalian species are listed as vulnerable.
The IUCN also lists 53 mammalian subspecies as vulnerabl ...
**Reptiles —
List of vulnerable reptiles
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*Fungi (kingdom
Fungi
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IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Fungi)
*Plants (kingdom
Plantae
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
) —
IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Plantae)
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5430 Vulnerable species, Vulnerable (VU) Plantae, plant species. 25% of all evaluated plant species are listed as Vulnerable.
The IUCN also lists 244 subspec ...
*Protists (kingdom
Protista
A protist () is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely that protists share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the excl ...
) —
IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Protista)
References
* IUCN 2009.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biologi ...
, v2009.2. Source of the above list
online IUCN Red List Retrieved d.d. 4 March 2010.
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...