Wednesday 18 August 2010

Qn. for Aug. 18th.

Sorry for the late post. What is the below pic about?


Can you identify what (some of) the abbreviations stand for?

3 comments:

Rahul said...

I think it denotes the status of a species- extinct, endangered, critical, no threat etc...

Anonymous said...

Conservation status for species

Extinct to Least Concern

The Answer said...

It is the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Red List. The abbr.s stand for:

EX - Extinct
EW - Extinct in the wild
CR - Critically endangered
EN - Endangered
VU - Vulnerable
NT - Near threatened
LC - Least concern