Q.Distinguish between a species classified by the IUCN as 'Extinct' and one classified as 'Extinct in the Wild'.

Step 1. A species classified as Extinct (EX) is one for which there is no reasonable doubt that the very last individual, anywhere on Earth, wild or captive, has died. Step 2. A species classified as Extinct in the Wild (EW) is less severe: individuals of the species still survive, but only in captivity, cultivation, or as an introduced population well outside its historic natural range -- no free-living wild population remains anywhere within its native range. Step 3. The key distinction is therefore whether ANY individuals survive at all (EX = none survive anywhere) versus whether …

• Treating 'Extinct in the Wild' as more severe than 'Extinct', when it is in fact the less severe of the two. …