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How they are doing

The IUCN Red List status, as the sources give it.

Least concern

Least Concern is the IUCN Red List category for species that have been assessed and are not close to qualifying as threatened. They are usually widespread and abundant

Near threatened

Near Threatened is the IUCN Red List category for species that do not yet qualify as threatened but are close to it, or are likely to qualify soon without action. It is a warning: numbers or range are shrinking, but not fast enough, or not yet far enough, to be listed as Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Vulnerable is the lowest of the three IUCN Red List categories for threatened species. A Vulnerable species faces a high risk of extinction in the wild, judged by measures such as a fall of 30 per cent or more in numbers over ten years or three generations, or a small and shrinking range

Endangered

Endangered is the middle of the three IUCN Red List threatened categories. An Endangered species faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild, for example after a fall of 50 per cent or more in numbers over ten years or three generations

Critically endangered

Critically Endangered is the highest risk category on the IUCN Red List for species still living in the wild. A Critically Endangered species faces an extremely high risk of extinction, for example after a fall of 80 per cent or more in numbers over ten years or three generations, or with very few adults left

Extinct or extinct in the wild

Extinct means there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual of a species has died. Extinct in the Wild means a species survives only in captivity or in places outside its natural range

Data deficient or not assessed

Data Deficient is the IUCN Red List category for species that have been assessed but for which there is too little information to judge the risk of extinction. It is not a statement that a species is safe

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