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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 ...
identified 4574 Critically Endangered
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriat ...
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subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics ( morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all specie ...
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varieties Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
, stocks and subpopulations. For IUCN lists of critically endangered species by kingdom, see: *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 ...
) — IUCN Red List Critically Endangered species (Animalia) **Amphibians — List of critically endangered amphibians **Birds — List of critically endangered birds **Fish — List of critically endangered fishes **Invertebrates — List of critically endangered invertebrates ***Arthropods — List of critically endangered arthropods ****Insects — List of critically endangered insects ***Molluscs List of critically endangered molluscs **Mammals — List of critically endangered mammals **Reptiles — List of critically endangered reptiles *Fungi (kingdom
Fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately fr ...
) —
List of fungi by conservation status , the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 280 fungus species. Previously in the 2017-3 release, the IUCN evaluated the conservation status of 56 fungus species. One subspecies, that of ...
*Plants (kingdom
Plantae Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude ...
) — List of critically endangered plants *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 e ...
) — List of Chromista by conservation status


See also

* :IUCN Red List critically endangered species * Lists of IUCN Red List endangered species * Lists of IUCN Red List vulnerable species *
Lists of IUCN Red List near threatened species On 12 March 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 3829 (2657 Animalia, 1172 Plantae) near threatened species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations. For IUCN lists of near threatened species by kingdom, see: * ...


References

* IUCN 2014.
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 ...
. Version 2014.2. Source of the above list
online IUCN Red List
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