endangered species
Let an agent explain what an endangered species is, relay how species are assessed and the threats they face from conservation sources with current status checked, and distinguish endangered from other threatened categories and from extinct species.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain what an endangered species is, relay how species are assessed and the threats they face from conservation sources with current status checked, and distinguish endangered from other threatened categories and from extinct species.
An endangered species is a species of animal, plant or other organism judged to be at serious risk of extinction in the near future, usually because its numbers are low or falling sharply from threats such as habitat loss, hunting or climate change; the registry alias names endangered plants. Species are assessed and categorised by conservation bodies, and endangered is one of the threatened categories. The category reflects an assessment that should be checked against current sources.
What it is for: Not applicable; a conservation status of a species.
It can be explain the status; relay assessment and threats; distinguish it from other categories; note status should be checked.
Distinguishing features
High extinction risk
Assessed status
A threatened category
Reflects current data
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a conservation status assigned to a species.
Physical character
meaning: at serious risk of extinction note
assessed by: conservation bodies note
registry parent: threatened species note
How it is recognised
A species at serious risk of extinction
Endangered animals and endangered plants
Vulnerable is a lower risk; critically endangered is higher; extinct means the species is gone
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with -
is assessed by -
In practice
Families and kinds
endangered animals
endangered plants
critically endangered species
Standards and regulation
Conservation assessment criteria
wildlife protection law
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing threatened categories
Stale status assessments
Confusing endangered and extinct
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What an endangered species is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an endangered species, and how does it differ from vulnerable, critically endangered and extinct? definition
- Is the question about a current status, which needs current sources? boundary
Categories
Categories.
Categories
Categories.
- How do the threatened categories rank risk? definition
- Which entry fits the specific category? action
Assessment Assessment.
Sources.
Criteria
Criteria.
Criteria
Criteria.
- How is a species assessed as endangered? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Bodies
Conservation bodies.
Bodies
Bodies.
- Which bodies assess and list endangered species? provenance
- Is the status current? boundary
Threats Threats.
Sources.
Causes
Causes.
Causes
Causes.
- What threats push species toward extinction? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Conservation
Conservation.
Conservation
Conservation.
- How are endangered species protected? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Context.
Context.
Law
Legal protection.
Law
Law.
- How does law protect endangered species? provenance
- Does protection vary by country? boundary
Extinction
Extinction risk.
Extinction
Extinction.
- How does the endangered status relate to extinction? provenance
- Which entry fits extinct species? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should categories be separate entries?
- How should status be verified?
- How should threats be summarised?