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Near Threatened

Near Threatened (NT) is a conservation status

Conservation status

The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant taxon either in the present day or the near future....
assigned to species or lower taxa that may be considered threatened

Threatened species

Threatened species are any species which are vulnerable to extinction in the near future.World Conservation Union is the foremost authority on threatened species, and treats threatened species not as a single category, but as a group of three categories: Vulnerable species, endangered species, and Critically endangered species, depending...
with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status. As such the IUCN notes the importance of re-evaluating Near Threatened taxa often or at appropriate intervals.

The rationale used for Near Threatened taxa usually includes the criteria of Vulnerable

Vulnerable species

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Near Threatened (NT) is a conservation status

Conservation status

Threatened species

Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which is likely to become Endangered species unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve....
which are plausible or nearly met, such as reduction in numbers or range. Near Threatened species evaluated from 2001 onwards may also be ones which are dependent on conservation efforts to prevent their becoming threatened, where as prior to this Conservation Dependent

Conservation Dependent

Conservation Dependent was an IUCN Red List assigned to species or lower taxa which were dependent on conservation efforts to prevent the taxon becoming threatened species with extinction....
species were given a separate category.

There are 3703 taxa which have been evaluated and are considered Near Threatened by the IUCN. These include 2423 animal species, and 1050 plant species.

Additionally the 402 Conservation Dependent

Conservation Dependent

Conservation Dependent was an IUCN Red List assigned to species or lower taxa which were dependent on conservation efforts to prevent the taxon becoming threatened species with extinction....
taxa may also be considered Near Threatened.

Examples of near threatened species include the leafy sea dragon

Leafy sea dragon

The leafy sea dragon, Phycodurus eques, is a marine fish related to the seahorse. It is the only member of the genus Phycodurus. These creatures are found around southern and western Australia....
, Kereru

Kereru

The kereru or New Zealand Pigeon is a bird endemic to New Zealand. Maori language call it Kereru in most of the country but kukupa and kuku in some parts of the North Island, particularly in Northland Region....
, Salamanderfish

Salamanderfish

Lepidogalaxias salamandroides is a species of small fish of Western Australia. It is the only member of the family Lepidogalaxiidae and genus Lepidogalaxias....
, Krüper's Nuthatch

Krüper's Nuthatch

The Kr?per's Nuthatch, Sitta krueperi, is a small nuthatch found in south east Europe and south-west Asia.It occurs in Turkey, Georgia , Russia and on the Greece island of Lesbos Island....
, California Red-legged Frog

California Red-legged Frog

The California Red-legged Frog is a moderate to large species of frog. It is nowadays known under the scientific name Rana draytonii, after being long included with the Northern Red-legged Frog as subspecies of a single species called simply Red-legged Frog....
, Silvery Woolly Monkey

Silvery Woolly Monkey

The Silvery Woolly Monkey , also known as Poeppig's Woolly Monkey, is a woolly monkey species from South America. Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, it is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru....
, Arrojadoa dinae
Arrojadoa dinae

Arrojadoa dinae is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is Endemism to Brazil. Category:Flora of Brazil Its natural habitat is dry savanna....
, Chamaesyce olowaluana, Cycas brunnea
Cycas brunnea

Cycas brunnea is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to northern Australia in northwest Queensland and northeast Northern Territory in a small area straddling the border of the two regions....
, Dayak Fruit Bat
Dayak Fruit Bat

The Dayak fruit bat or Dyak fruit bat is a relatively rare frugivorous bat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra, and the islands of Borneo and Sumatra....
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IUCN Categories and Criteria version 2.3

Prior to 2001 the IUCN used the version 2.3 Categories and Criteria, which included a separate category for Conservation Dependent
Conservation Dependent

Conservation Dependent was an IUCN Red List assigned to species or lower taxa which were dependent on conservation efforts to prevent the taxon becoming threatened species with extinction....
species (LR/cd). With this category system Near Threatened and Conservation Dependent were both subcategories of the category "Lower Risk". Taxa which were last evaluated prior to 2001 may retain their LR/cd or LR/nt status, although had the category been assigned with the same information today the species would be designated simply "Near Threatened (NT)" in either case.