Q.What are called endangered species? Explain with examples.

Step 1. The chapter defines an Endangered species as one 'categorized as very likely to become extinct'.

Step 2. On the IUCN Red List's scale of conservation status, Endangered (EN) is specifically the second most severe status assigned to wild populations, sitting just below Critically Endangered (CR) — meaning an Endangered species faces a very high, though not the very highest, risk of extinction.

Step 3. The chapter's own figures illustrate how many species now carry this status and how fast the count is growing: in 1998, the Red List carried 1,102 animal species and 1,197 plant species as endangered; by 2012, that had risen to 3,079 animal species and 2,655 plant species worldwide. …

Define Endangered from its IUCN Red List ranking and support it with the chapter's 1998-to-2012 gr …

• Confusing Endangered (EN) with Critically Endangered (CR), which is the more severe status directly above it. …