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Near-threatened species
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as
"Near T hreatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conserv ation of
Conservation status
by IUCN Red List category
Nature as that may be considered threatened with extinction in the near
future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status. The
IUCN notes the importance of re-ev aluating near-threatened taxon at
appropriate interv als.

The rationale used for near-threatened taxa usually includes the criteria of
v ulnerable which are plausible or nearly met, such as reduction in
numbers or range. Near-threatened species ev aluated from 2001 onwards
may also be ones which are dependent on conserv ation efforts to prev ent
their becoming threatened, whereas prior to this conserv ation-dependent Extinct
species were giv en a separate category ("Conserv ation Dependent"). Extinct (EX) (list)

Additionally , the 402 conserv ation-dependent taxa may also be Extinct in the Wild (EW) (list)
considered near-threatened.
Threatened
Critically Endangered (CR) (list)
Endangered (EN) (list)
Contents Vulnerable (VU) (list)
IUCN Categories and Criteria version 2.3
Lower Risk
Gallery
Near Threatened (NT) (list)
See also
Conservation Dependent (CD) (list)
External links
Least Concern (LC)

IUCN Categories and Criteria version Other categories

2.3 Data Deficient (DD) (list)

Not Evaluated (NE)
Prior to 2001, the IUCN used the
v ersion 2.3 Categories and
Related topics
Criteria to assign conserv ation
status, which included a separate International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
category for conserv ation-dependent species ("Conserv ation Dependent",
LR/cd). With this category sy stem, Near Threatened and Conserv ation
IUCN Red List
Dependent were both subcategories of the category "Lower Risk". Taxa NatureServe status
which were last ev aluated prior to 2001 may retain their LR/cd or LR/nt Lists of organisms by population
status, although had the category been assigned with the same information
today the species would be designated simply "Near Threatened (NT)" in
either case.

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Gallery

The near-threatened The maned wolf is near-

European otter threatened largely as the
result of habitat loss.

The gray bat was moved

from "endangered" to
"near-threatened" due to
successful conservation
efforts.

See also
IUCN Red List near threatened species, ordered by taxonomic rank.
Category:IUCN Red List near threatened species, ordered alphabetically.
List of near threatened amphibians
List of near threatened arthropods
List of near threatened birds
List of near threatened fishes
List of near threatened insects
List of near threatened invertebrates
List of near threatened mammals
List of near threatened molluscs
List of near threatened reptiles

External links
List of Near Threatened species (http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/search/link/4cb7fb7b-41ac38af) as identified by
the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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