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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Threatened

The term is used in the 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals to refer collectively to species categorized as "Endangered" (E), "Vulnerable" (V), "Rare" (R), "Indeterminate" (I), or "Insufficiently Known" (K) and in the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals to refer collectively to species categorized as "Critically Endangered" (CR), "Endangered" (EN), or "Vulnerable" (VU).

See also: Endangered   data deficient   vulnerable

WWW References:

• 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals

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: Michael Coyne
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey
Entered: 2003-09-09 13:16:37
Last modified: 2005-05-05 20:23:44