User:Somatochlora/sandbox/Endangered species (IUCN status)
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Endangered species as classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are species which have been categorized as very likely to become extinct in the near future. On the IUCN Red List, endangered is the second most severe conservation status for wild populations in the IUCN's schema after Critically endangered (CR). In 2012, the IUCN Red List featured 3,079 animal and 2,655 plant species as endangered (EN) worldwide.[1] The figures for 1998 were 1,102 and 1,197 respectively.
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This article is about the conservation status as defined by the IUCN. For the concept in general, see endangered species.