Vulnerable species

Conservation status
Risk of extinction
Extinction
Extinct Extinct in the Wild
Threatened
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Threatened
Lower risk
Conservation Dependent Near Threatened Least Concern
See also
World Conservation Union IUCN Red List

A vulnerable species is a species of animals or plants which are threatened with extinction unless something changes. They will disappear unless the things that threaten their survival, such as a slow rate of reproduction, are removed.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has categorized vulnerable species. 4728 animals and 4914 plants are listed as vulnerable by the Union.

Mammals

Vulnerable species of mammals include:

• Colombian weasel
• Eastern spotted skunk
• Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
• Gray bat
• Marbled polecat
• Pygmy spotted skunk

Birds

Vulnerable species of birds include:

• White-fronted ground dove

Vulnerable Species Media

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  Mexican red-knee tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii), a vulnerable species from Mexico

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  Snares penguin (Eudyptes robustus), a vulnerable species from New Zealand

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  Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), a vulnerable species from the Andes

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  Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), a vulnerable species from Africa