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Endangered Species

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) enlisted some species as
endangered. Endangered species can be defined as those species which are under
risk or threat of being extinct. In other words, species that are about to go extinct. Many
factors are responsible for this which may be natural or man-made. Endangered
species, sooner or later enter the extinction phase. To prevent this, necessary actions
have to be taken.

A species that was native to a region and its population strength reduced from 50
percent to 5 percent; such species are known are endangered species. IUCN
categorized them and made a list called the red list. Another document which consists
of a list of rare and endangered species in an area was established by the Russian
Federation. This book is known as the Red Data Book. These documents consisting of
a list of species are used as a guide for researchers to estimate the level of threat.
There are separate books for both flora and fauna.

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