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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Endangered

An IUCN category for listing endangered species. A taxon is Endangered when it is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild (see website below for exact criteria).

See also: vulnerable   threatened   data deficient

WWW References:

• IUCN Redlist Categories

Citations:

• IUCN/SSC Criteria Review Working Group. 1999. IUCN Red List Criteria review provisional report: draft of the proposed changes and recommendations. Species 31-32: 43-57.

Entered by: Brendan Godley
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2004-12-13 16:48:57
Last modified: 2005-05-05 19:36:56