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What criteria should one use in categorizing a species as threatened?

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Species that belongs to critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable categories is known as threatened species. There is a range of quantitative criteria and meeting any one of these, qualifies the species for the list at the level of threat. Following criteria have been used:

  1. Habitat loss or modification
  2. Increasement in predators or poachers
  3. Faces high risk of extinction: number of individuals of species declining by the fear or terror (alarming pace).


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