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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.
Jan 29, 2020 · According to the United Nations, Cheetahs are listed as “Vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, but a recent study revealed the decline in its significant population. Hence, scientists are demanding for cheetahs to be uplisted to “Endangered” category.
Their status in Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan is unknown. In southern Africa Cheetah are known to occur in 22% of their historical range (1,325,000 km2), and possibly occur in another 424,000 km2 (IUCN/SSC 2015).
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...
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.
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.
The status of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) varies widely in the 32 countries listed in this report. All populations are classified as vulnerable or endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and are regulated by the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) as Apeendix I.
Jan 26, 2023 · The recent IUCN Red List Assessment of the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus demonstrated evidence of ongoing and increasing threats to cheetah due to rapid anthropogenic change across the species range.
Dec 11, 2017 · Scientists Fight to List Cheetahs as Endangered. In one of the most thorough studies of its kind, 17 conservationists offer definitive proof that the big cats are dangerously close to extinction....
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...
