Question

define the categories of three threatened species with examples​

Answer 1

Answer:

Although threatened and vulnerable may be used interchangeably when discussing IUCN categories, the term threatened is generally used to refer to the three categories (critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable), while vulnerable is used to refer to the least at risk of those three categories.

Answer 2

Answer:

These are the threatened species

critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable

• Critically Endangered - when the taxon is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future.

• Endangered - when the taxon is facing a very high risk of extinction in the near future.

• Vulnerable - a taxon is facing high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium term future.

Examples include -:

• critically endangered - Tigers

• endangered - zebra

• vulnerable -  Giraffe

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