NEAR THREATENED Definition & Meaning

near threatened

[ neer thret-nd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Biology, Ecology.

(of a plant or animal species) inclined to be threatened with extinction but not yet qualified as vulnerable, which is the entry level of the three categories of threatened species, as categorized by the IUCN Red List: near threatened species are regularly reevaluated, as an amended classification up to the level of vulnerable is always a possibility: : NT
The list of near threatened orthopterous insects includes several cave crickets and swallowtail butterflies.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of near threatened¹

First recorded in 1985–90

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The country has some 2,000 black rhinos, considered to be "critically endangered", and around 13,000 white rhinos, classed as "near threatened".

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Three Antarctic penguin species — emperor penguins, southern rockhopper penguins and macaroni penguins — are listed as vulnerable or near threatened.

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The species is classified as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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So many saiga, in fact, that the International Union for Conservation of Nature is upgrading the Red List status for the species from critically endangered to near threatened.

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“The near threatened category is right for the saiga, because we know that at any time, we could just get large numbers of them dropping dead again,” says Milner-Gulland.

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