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Conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Lower Risk

Other categories
(list)

Related topics

IUCN Red List category abbreviations (version 3.1, 2001)
Comparison of Red List classes above
and NatureServe status below
NatureServe category abbreviations
Diagram of Extinct in the Wild in relation to other IUCN categories.

Extinct in the Wild (EW) is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which only living members are being kept in captivity.

See also

Reintroduction