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Species endangered by infectious diseases — diseases caused by biological agents which can be transmitted, rather than by genetic, physical, or chemical agents. Pages in category "Species that are or were threatened by disease"
Version 2014.2 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4574 critically endangered species, subspecies, varieties, stocks, and subpopulations.. For IUCN lists of critically endangered species by kingdom, see:
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. [1] As of 2021, of the 120,372 species currently tracked by the IUCN, there are 8,404 species that are considered to be critically ...
[5] [6] Removing a species from the endangered species list is generally a slow process; most organizations and governments require long periods of observation both before and after delisting. [7] There have been numerous efforts to delist endangered species, with both international and country-wide recovery plans being regularly implemented. [8]
A present-day example of the over-hunting of a species can be seen in the oceans as populations of certain whales have been greatly reduced. Large whales like the blue whale, bowhead whale, finback whale, gray whale, sperm whale, and humpback whale are some of the eight whales which are currently still included on the Endangered Species List ...
Enacted 50 years ago on Dec. 28, 1973, this legislation has played a pivotal role in preserving and protecting hundreds of species. 18 Texas species supported by the Endangered Species Act over 50 ...
As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 280 fungus species. [1] Previously in the 2017-3 release, the IUCN evaluated the conservation status of 56 fungus species. [2] One subspecies, that of Pleurotus nebrodensis, also was evaluated but has since been removed. At ...
The majority of the species were considered endangered in the 1970s and 1980s when they “were in very low numbers or likely already extinct at the time of listing,” the release said.