1.

EXTINCT SPECIES Bubal Hartebeest Golden Toad

Pyrenean Ibex

Tecopa Pupfish

Baiji River Dolphin

Plants
Sophora toromiro

Cosmosatrosanguineus

Encephalartos woodi

Saint Helena Olive (Nesiota elliptica) Cooksonia

2.Endangered Species Lemu

Animal Black Rhino

Hawksbill Turtle

Green Checked Parrot

Bengal Tigers

Plants Goldenseal

Green Jade Flower

Black bat flower

Rafflesia

Dragon Tree

3.Vulnerable species. Animals Polar Bears Cheer Pheasant

Green Peafowl

Lion

Plant Blue throated Macaw Yellow Cone Flower

Boronia keysii

White Waratah

Iris iberica [IRIDACEAE]

Muscari szovitsianum [HYACINTACEAE]

4.Threatened categories Animals Sea Lion Big Horn Sheep Ram

Elephant Seal

Arctic Terns

PLANT Jaguarundi Tanacetum huronense

Striped Mint-bush

Lomatium bradshawii

Dwarf Lake Iris

Cirsium loncholepis

5.Rare species Animals.

Golden monkeys

Red Wolf

Dwarf Blue Sheep

Hirola

Northern Muriqui

Plants:Cypripedium montanum

Asclepias curassavica

Aeonium davidbramwellii

Purple Gromwell

Bomarea

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a United Nations-recognized organization that maintains the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, an attempt to chronicle the plight of endangered species around the world. The list gets updated at least once annually. As of 2010, the IUCN had evaluated 52,017 species. Red List The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species. A series of Regional Red Lists are produced by countries or organizations, which assess the risk of extinction to species within a political management unit. 1. Extinct Species

Extinct animals are those species which are no longer living. This group includes prehistoric animals like dinosaurs and ice-age mammals, as well as modern species like the Dodo. Extinction is a natural process but humans are causing more extinction at an increasing rate, far more than is natural.
2. An endangered species is a species of organisms facing a very high risk of extinction. Once they become extinct, they will never be seen on Earth again. . It has been estimated that over 40% of all living species on Earth are at risk of going extinct DUE TO THE FOLLOWING REASONS. The natural habitats are snatched away from these species, leaving them only a small portion of the land. Hunting and trading & Pollution is another huge factor.

3. Vulnerable species is a species of animals or plants which are likely to become endangered unless something changes. Something has to be done to remove the things that are harmful to their survival, and their rate of reproduction needs to increase. There are 8,565 species listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Vulnerability is mainly caused by habitat loss or destruction. The populations of which are wholly or partially diminishing owing to overdevelopment, widescale destruction of the habitat, or other disturbances of the environment ; The populations of which have been seriously reduced or the safety of which is not yet assured ; The populations of which remain abundant but the existence of which in the entire distribution area is under threat owing to serious detrimental factors . 4. Threatened species : is a species of plant or animal that is not currently endangered, but may become so if its population continues to decrease. In most cases it is human action which has caused the population to decrease so we must be really careful to change what we do that impacts upon the species or their habitat. If we fail to protect a threatened species, they may become a endangered species. Rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon or scarce. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal. Reasons why species become rare Habitat loss and degradation

Pollution Persecution and exploitation Peripheral populations Disease & Global climate change.