The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of a species: not simply the number remaining, but the overall increase or decrease in the population over time, breeding success rates, known threats, and so on.

The best-known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system is the IUCN Red List, but other more specialised lists and systems exist, such as The Nature Conservancy's conservation status ranking system, and CITES.

See also

• List of extinct animals
• Endangered species
• Lazarus taxon

Ecology | Evolutionary biology | Conservation

Estáu de conservación | Status zaštite | Природозащитен статут | Estat de conservació | Stupeň ohrožení | Estado de conservación | Statut de conservation | 멸종위기등급 | Status zaštite | Stato di conservazione (biologia) | Beschermingsstatus | Stare de conservare | Stupeň ohrozenia | Uhanalaisuusluokitus | 頻危指標 | 保护现状