On the iucn 2009 red list how many species are threatened with extinction and listed as such
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Explanation:
THE PLIGHT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES: There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List, and 16,306 of them are endangered species threatened with extinction. This is up from 16,118 last year. This includes both endangered animals and endangered plants.
Currently there are more than 98,500 species on The IUCN Red List, and more than 27,000 are threatened with extinction, including 40% of amphibians, 34% of conifers, 33% of reef building corals, 25% of mammals and 14% of birds.
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A Red Data Book is a book which is published by the IUCN (International union for conservation of nature and natural resources). It contains the list of organisms whose continued survival in the present state is threatened. It contains the names of all species which are threatened and classified under various categories like threatened, endangered etc.