Question

Enlist any six categories into which a given species is placed once it has been thoroughly evaluated by IUCN.

Answer 1

After a given species has been thoroughly evaluated, it is placed into one of following several categories.

1. Extinct (EX): A designation applied to species in which the last individual has died or is not recorded. 
2. Extinct in the Wild (EW): A category containing those species whose members survive only in captivity. 
3. Critically Endangered (CR): A category containing those species that possess an extremely high risk of extinction with very few surviving members (50).
4. Endangered (EN): A designation applied to species that possess a very high risk of extinction as a result of rapid population decline of 50 to more than 70 percent over the previous 10 years (or three generations). 
5. Vulnerable (VU): A category containing those species that possess a very high risk of extinction as a result of rapid population decline of 30 to more than 50 percent over the previous 10 years (or three generations). 
6. Near Threatened (NT): A designation applied to species that are close to becoming threatened or may meet the criteria for threatened status in the near future.