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Lower risk was a classification formerly used by the IUCN Red List, superseded by the Least Concern classification.[1] Species are classified into one of nine Red List Categories: extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, near threatened, least concern, data deficient, and not evaluated.[2]
The IUCN defined an animal with the conservation status of lower risk is one with populations levels high enough to ensure its survival.[3] Animals with this status did not qualify as being threatened or extinct. However, natural disasters or certain human activities would cause them to change to either of these classifications.[4]
When it was in use, this classification was sub-divided into three types:
- Conservation dependent - where cessation of current conservation measures may result in it being classified at a higher risk level.
- Near threatened - may become vulnerable to endangerment in the near future but not meeting the criteria.
- Least concern - where neither of the two above apply.
- ^ "Raw Data to Red List". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived from the original on June 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "lower risk species (IUCN)". General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "What are the differences between endangered, threatened, imperiled, and at-risk species?". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2023-04-25.