Vulnerable species

Conservation status
by risk of extinction
Extinct
Extinct Extinct in the Wild
Threatened
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
At lower risk
Conservation Dependent Near Threatened Least Concern
See also IUCN Red List International Union for Conservation of Nature
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A Vulnerable species is one which has been categorised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as likely to become Endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

Vulnerability is mainly caused by habitat loss or destruction. Vulnerable species are monitored and are becoming threatened.

See also

• IUCN Red List vulnerable species for a list ordered by taxonomic rank
• Category:IUCN Red List vulnerable species for an alphabetical list