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Red list 2013: threatened species across theregions of the worldMore than 71,000 species across the world have been assessed in the latest update of the IUCN red list.

See the latest statistics from the report by each country or area

The Okapi, unique to the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo is now on the brink of extinction,

according to the latest update of the red list by the IUCN.

The latest update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)red listhas beenpublished today. A total of 71,576 species have now been assessed, of which 21,286 are threatened with

extinction according to the international organisation.

TheOkapi, also known as the 'forest giraffe', and one of Africa's rarest birds - the sub-Saharan white-

winged Flufftail - are now on the brink of extinctionaccording to the latest update. The latest red list

also highlights how almost 200 species of bird are now critically endangered.

But the red list update does provide some good news for some of the species assessed. Two species of

albatross are reported as having a lower risk of extinction due to increases in their populations and theIsland fox, previously recorded as critically endangered, is now listed as near threatened. According to

the IUCN, the Island fox is approaching recovery after a decline in the mid-90s mainly attributed to

disease and predation by non-native species.
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The number of species assessed in the IUCN red list, by category

Category Number

Total species assessed 71,576

Total threatened species 21,286

Extinct 799

Extinct in the Wild 61

Critically Endangered 4,286

Endangered 6,451

Vulnerable 10,549

Near Threatened 4,822

Lower Risk/conservation dependent 241

Least Concern 32,486

Data Deficient 11,881

More than 71,000 species have been assessed across the world by the IUCN in the latest update of thered list. The fact that 11,881 species are deemed data deficient shows the difficulties faced in trying to

analyse the status of such a variety of species at such a level.

The IUCN state that although not all of the world's species have been assessed, the red list provides a

"useful snapshot of what is happening to species today and highlights the urgent need for conservationaction".

Of 71,576 species that have now been assessed, 21,286 are threatened with extinction. Species listed ascritically endangered, endangered or vulnerable are collectively described by the IUCN as threatened.

The chart above shows what proportion each of the categories make up of the total number of threatened

species.

The IUCN assign species to one of eight categories of threat based on whether they meet criteria linked

to population trend, population size, structure and geographic range.

The table below shows the number of threatened species in each country (totals by taxonomic group).The asterisk signals a group that has not yet been completely assessed. The IUCN stress that the figuresfor these groups should be interpreted as the number of species known to be threatened within those

species that have been assessed to date, and not as the overall total number of threatened species for each

group.

The downloadable spreadsheet has more detail on the species that have changed red list status. Can you

do anything interesting with the data?

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Threatened species in each country (totals by taxonomic group)

Source: IUCN red list

Country Mammals Birds Reptiles* Amphibians Fishes* Molluscs* Other Inverts*Plants*Total*

Algeria 14 11 8 3 36 9 13 17 111

Egypt 18 10 12 0 40 0 53 2 135

Libya 12 4 6 0 24 0 0 3 49

Morocco 17 11 13 2 44 34 8 34 163

Tunisia 13 7 6 1 35 5 6 7 80

Western Sahara 9 2 1 0 24 0 1 0 37

Angola 15 26 4 0 40 5 2 34 126

Benin 11 10 4 0 28 0 1 15 69

Botswana 7 11 0 0 2 0 0 2 22

Burkina Faso 9 10 1 0 4 1 0 3 28

Burundi 11 13 0 5 17 4 3 6 59

Cameroon 38 25 5 55 112 11 14 379 639

Cape Verde 4 4 5 0 23 12 0 3 51

Central African

Republic 8 14 1 0 3 0 0 18 44

Chad 13 12 1 0 1 4 0 4 35

Comoros 5 9 4 0 7 0 72 7 104

Congo 11 5 3 0 47 5 0 38 109

Congo, Democratic

Republic31 36 4 13 84 43 8 95 314

Cte d'Ivoire 23 20 5 14 46 3 1 105 217

Djibouti 7 9 0 0 17 1 56 3 93

Equatorial Guinea 19 6 6 4 29 0 3 68 135

Eritrea 10 15 6 0 20 1 57 4 113

Ethiopia 33 27 1 11 14 4 11 40 141

Gabon 15 5 4 3 62 0 1 120 210

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Gambia 10 10 3 0 24 0 0 5 52

Ghana 16 18 4 12 45 0 3 117 215

Guinea 21 18 8 5 67 1 4 28 152

Guinea-Bissau 12 8 5 0 31 0 0 5 61

Kenya 29 35 7 9 69 17 66 187 419

Lesotho 2 7 0 0 1 0 2 4 16

Liberia 18 13 5 4 54 1 8 48 151

Madagascar 65 35 136 69 87 24 84 373 873

Malawi 8 16 1 5 101 7 9 23 170

Mali 12 14 2 0 2 0 0 7 37

Mauritania 16 13 5 0 31 0 1 0 66

Mauritius 7 9 8 0 15 27 80 91 237

Mayotte 1 3 7 0 4 0 69 0 84

Mozambique 12 28 8 3 54 3 64 58 230

Namibia 12 27 5 1 27 0 1 27 100

Niger 12 10 1 0 4 1 0 3 31

Nigeria 26 19 8 13 60 1 14 168 309

Runion 5 6 0 0 10 16 69 17 123

Rwanda 20 15 0 6 9 0 2 6 58

Saint Helena,

Ascension and

Tristan da Cunha

4 19 2 0 9 0 2 30 66

Sao Tom and

Principe5 13 5 3 13 1 2 36 78

Senegal 16 14 6 0 46 10 1 10 103

Seychelles 6 10 11 6 19 36 122 62 272

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Sierra Leone 17 14 5 2 48 3 3 54 146

Somalia 15 15 4 0 26 2 60 42 164

South Africa 24 43 21 19 87 22 144 101 461

South Sudan 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 17

Sudan 16 18 3 0 21 0 50 19 127

Swaziland 6 12 0 0 4 0 0 11 33

Tanzania, United

Republic of36 45 18 58 175 15 92 475 914

Togo 10 10 3 2 24 0 1 12 62

Uganda 25 22 2 6 61 9 10 48 183

Zambia 10 16 0 1 20 13 1 14 75

Zimbabwe 9 15 3 6 3 0 5 17 58

Antarctica 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

Bouvet Island 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3

French Southern

Territories3 12 4 0 3 0 0 0 22

Heard Island and

McDonald Islands1 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 12

South Georgia and

the South Sandwich

Islands

3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

China 75 85 39 87 121 15 61 475 958

Hong Kong 2 20 4 5 13 1 7 6 58

Japan 27 38 14 19 66 33 137 17 351

Korea, Democratic

People's Republic of9 25 2 1 14 0 3 8 62

Korea, Republic of 9 28 2 2 18 0 4 6 69

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Macao 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 10

Mongolia 11 20 0 0 2 0 3 0 36

Taiwan, Province of

China10 22 8 10 60 1 127 79 317

Belarus 4 6 0 0 2 3 6 1 22

Moldova 4 8 2 0 8 3 3 2 30

Russian Federation 31 0 9 0 36 8 28 12 124

Ukraine 11 14 1 0 21 6 18 17 88

Bangladesh 34 30 23 1 18 0 7 17 130

Bhutan 27 18 3 1 3 0 1 9 62

British Indian Ocean

Territory0 0 2 0 9 0 69 1 81

Brunei Darussalam 34 24 7 3 7 0 8 104 187

Cambodia 37 26 19 3 40 1 76 32 234

Disputed Territory 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2

India 95 80 52 74 213 6 128 325 973

Indonesia 185 121 32 32 145 6 281 404 1,206

Lao People's

Democratic Republic45 23 16 5 55 16 5 32 197

Malaysia 71 45 28 47 71 32 227 705 1,226

Maldives 2 0 3 0 18 0 46 0 69

Myanmar 46 44 29 0 40 3 74 46 282

Nepal 31 33 9 3 7 1 2 9 95

Philippines 38 74 39 48 72 3 234 229 737

Singapore 11 15 5 0 25 0 173 58 287

Sri Lanka 30 15 11 56 43 0 130 286 571

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Thailand 57 47 27 4 96 15 196 131 573

Timor-Leste 4 7 2 0 6 0 1 1 21

Viet Nam 54 44 41 17 73 17 108 169 523

Afghanistan 11 14 1 1 5 0 1 3 36

Armenia 9 13 7 0 3 1 6 1 40

Azerbaijan 7 15 9 1 10 2 4 0 48

Bahrain 3 3 4 0 9 1 13 0 33

Cyprus 5 5 5 0 19 1 4 18 57

Georgia 10 11 7 1 9 3 10 0 51

Iran, Islamic

Republic of17 22 13 4 31 2 21 2 112

Iraq 14 16 3 1 11 1 15 1 62

Israel 15 14 10 2 35 7 60 0 143

Jordan 13 10 6 0 13 2 54 1 99

Kazakhstan 16 22 1 1 15 2 4 15 76

Kuwait 6 8 3 0 11 1 13 0 42

Kyrgyzstan 6 12 2 0 3 0 3 14 40

Lebanon 10 9 7 0 21 5 5 2 59

Oman 10 10 8 0 25 3 29 6 91

Pakistan 24 29 10 0 34 0 18 4 119

Palestinian Territory,

Occupied 3 10 4 1 0 0 2 0 20

Qatar 3 4 2 0 12 1 13 0 35

Saudi Arabia 10 15 3 0 24 2 58 3 115

Syrian Arab Republic 16 15 8 0 33 1 8 4 85

Tajikistan 8 12 2 0 5 0 2 12 41

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Turkey 17 16 20 11 70 18 20 10 182

Turkmenistan 9 16 2 0 11 1 5 4 48

United Arab

Emirates8 9 3 0 14 1 15 0 50

Uzbekistan 10 16 2 0 7 1 1 17 54

Yemen 9 15 6 1 24 3 66 162 286

Albania 3 6 4 2 39 49 6 0 109

Andorra 2 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 12

Austria 3 9 1 0 11 43 27 13 107

Belgium 2 4 0 0 11 6 8 0 31

Bosnia and

Herzegovina4 6 3 1 31 17 17 1 80

Bulgaria 7 14 2 0 19 25 11 6 84

Croatia 8 12 3 2 60 44 19 8 156

Czech Republic 2 7 0 0 2 6 18 11 46

Denmark 2 3 0 0 15 5 10 2 37

Estonia 1 5 0 0 5 3 3 0 17

Faroe Islands 4 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 13

Finland 1 6 0 0 6 3 7 2 25

France 8 9 5 2 46 90 37 32 229

Germany 5 7 0 0 23 31 27 17 110

Gibraltar 5 3 0 0 12 3 0 0 23

Greece 10 12 9 5 75 64 49 57 281

Greenland 7 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 16

Guernsey 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2

Holy See (Vatican)1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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City State)

Hungary 2 10 1 0 9 8 26 10 66

Iceland 6 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 19

Ireland 5 3 1 0 21 2 1 1 34

Isle of Man 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3

Italy 7 10 4 9 47 73 57 66 273

Jersey 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2

Latvia 1 6 0 0 6 4 8 0 25

Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4

Lithuania 3 6 0 0 6 2 5 1 23

Luxembourg 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 0 9

Macedonia 5 11 2 0 13 61 7 0 99

Malta 3 3 0 0 17 3 0 4 30

Monaco 2 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 14

Montenegro 6 12 3 1 26 22 12 2 84

Netherlands 3 4 0 0 13 5 5 0 30

Norway 7 4 0 0 19 4 7 3 44

Poland 5 8 0 0 7 7 16 11 54

Portugal 11 8 4 1 55 75 14 81 249

Romania 7 14 2 0 19 11 27 6 86

Serbia 6 11 1 0 11 5 18 5 57

Slovakia 3 8 0 0 5 6 16 8 46

Slovenia 5 5 1 2 29 32 42 7 123

Spain 16 12 20 6 70 141 70 213 548

Svalbard 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5

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Sweden 1 4 0 0 12 4 11 5 37

Switzerland 2 3 0 1 9 10 33 4 62

United Kingdom 5 4 1 0 43 6 9 15 83

Belize 9 5 7 6 31 0 12 33 103

Costa Rica 10 22 11 63 50 1 29 129 315

El Salvador 6 6 8 10 14 0 7 29 80

Guatemala 17 14 22 83 26 2 7 93 264

Honduras 8 12 29 60 30 0 18 118 275

Mexico 101 61 95 211 154 6 84 362 1,074

Nicaragua 7 15 9 11 31 2 16 43 134

Panama 16 19 8 50 42 0 22 202 359

Anguilla 1 1 7 0 19 0 10 3 41

Antigua and

Barbuda2 2 6 0 19 0 11 4 44

Aruba 2 1 2 0 15 1 1 2 24

Bahamas 6 7 8 0 30 1 11 8 71

Barbados 3 2 4 0 21 0 11 3 44

Bermuda 4 1 3 0 16 0 28 4 56

Bonaire 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Cayman Islands 1 2 4 0 20 1 10 2 40

Cuba 14 18 16 49 35 0 23 176 331

Curaao 1 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 12

Dominica 3 3 4 2 20 0 11 10 53

Dominican Republic 6 15 14 32 22 0 16 38 143

Grenada 3 1 6 1 20 0 10 3 44

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Guadeloupe 5 2 7 3 19 1 15 8 60

Haiti 5 14 15 49 21 0 14 38 156

Jamaica 5 10 10 15 22 0 15 212 289

Martinique 2 4 7 2 12 2 0 8 37

Montserrat 3 3 3 1 18 0 11 5 44

Netherlands Antilles 3 0 7 0 21 0 11 3 45

Puerto Rico 3 9 14 14 21 0 0 54 115

Saint Barthlemy 1 0 2 0 3 0 11 2 19

Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 2 5 1 20 0 10 2 42

Saint Lucia 2 5 6 0 21 0 11 6 51

Saint Martin (French

part)1 1 3 0 5 0 11 2 23

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines2 2 6 1 21 0 10 4 46

Sint Maarten 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3

Trinidad and Tobago 2 4 5 8 25 0 10 1 55

Turks and Caicos

Islands2 3 4 0 19 0 10 7 45

Virgin Islands, British 1 2 9 2 18 0 10 10 52

Virgin Islands, U.S. 2 1 10 2 16 0 0 12 43

Canada 11 15 6 1 36 5 10 2 86

Saint Pierre andMiquelon

4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

United States 35 77 37 56 236 301 265 271 1,278

Argentina 39 48 6 30 37 0 13 69 242

Bolivia 21 53 3 34 0 2 1 98 212

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Brazil 82 151 29 33 84 22 32 504 937

Chile 20 32 2 22 20 1 11 71 179

Colombia 54 113 22 216 54 0 33 238 730

Ecuador 45 95 26 175 52 48 17 1843 2,301

Falkland Islands

(Malvinas)4 9 0 0 5 0 0 5 23

French Guiana 8 6 6 3 27 0 0 16 66

Guyana 11 14 5 4 28 0 1 23 86

Paraguay 9 27 3 0 0 0 0 19 58

Peru 55 123 9 102 21 4 4 318 636

Suriname 9 7 5 1 26 0 1 26 75

Uruguay 10 22 5 5 38 0 2 22 104

Venezuela,

Bolivarian Republic

of

34 43 14 74 37 1 25 77 305

American Samoa 1 8 6 0 9 5 59 1 89

Australia 55 50 43 47 106 171 334 90 896

Christmas Island 3 3 4 0 7 0 18 1 36

Cocos Islands 2 0 1 0 9 0 20 0 32

Cook Islands 1 15 3 0 11 0 32 1 63

Fiji 6 14 14 1 13 68 97 65 278

French Polynesia 0 32 2 0 27 34 31 47 173

Guam 2 13 5 0 9 6 7 4 46

Kiribati 1 6 2 0 11 1 80 0 101

Marshall Islands 2 3 4 0 12 1 72 0 94

Micronesia 7 9 7 0 20 4 111 5 163

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Nauru 1 2 0 0 9 0 68 0 80

New Caledonia 9 15 54 0 30 27 97 258 490

New Zealand 9 68 14 4 23 32 10 21 181

Niue 1 8 3 0 8 0 30 0 50

Norfolk Island 0 11 2 0 4 12 11 1 41

N. Mariana Islands 4 15 4 0 12 4 53 5 97

Palau 4 4 3 0 15 40 106 4 176

Papua New Guinea 39 36 9 11 47 2 179 145 468

Pitcairn 1 10 0 0 9 5 11 7 43

Samoa 2 6 5 0 13 1 61 2 90

Solomon Islands 20 21 5 2 18 2 149 17 234

Tokelau 0 1 2 0 8 0 35 0 46

Tonga 2 5 4 0 12 4 43 4 74

Tuvalu 1 1 3 0 10 1 77 0 93

Vanuatu 7 9 4 0 15 4 88 10 137

Wallis and Futuna 0 9 2 0 11 1 64 1 88

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