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Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species.
Our current goals, based on the IUCN Red List Strategic Plan (2021-2030), are to have 260,000 species assessed and to reassess 142,000 of those species to ensure the information on their status is up-to-date so that we can monitor trends in change of status.
Jun 29, 2020 · With fewer than 7,000 adult and adolescent cheetahs in the wild, cheetahs are classified as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. They are listed as...
May 4, 2023 · Overall status of cheetah. The IUCN Red List assesses cheetah as Vulnerable, with a global population of less than 7,000. Two thirds of these cheetah live outside protected areas sharing the habitats with people. Subspecies distribution. Five subspecies (Prost et al. 2022) Acinonyx jubatus venaticus. Acinonyx jubatus hecki.
Dec 27, 2016 · Based on these results, the study authors are calling for the cheetah’s status to be changed from “vulnerable” to “endangered” on the IUCN Red List. “These large carnivores, when they are...
Oct 20, 2023 · About 6,500 mature individuals remain in the wild, according to the most recent IUCN assessment in 2021, and they continue to decline. Southern and Eastern Africa are the strongholds of the current cheetah population. The Asiatic cheetah, however, is almost extinct.
Oct 19, 2023 · Cheetahs ( Acinonyx jubatus) have faced extinction at least two times in the past after their populations were reduced, leading to inbreeding. Once again, cheetahs face extinction today, due in part to surviving the past threats of extinction.
