IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red list measures...

• Atmospheric pressure

• Plant life

• Pressures on species

• carrying capacity of an ecosystem

The Red List helps to

• guide conservation actions

• prevent extinction

• Identify threatened species

• All of the above

The IUCN Red list includes data on

• Over 700 species

• Over 7000 species

• Over 70,000 species

• Less than 700 species

Reasons for species depletion include

• Habitat depletion

• In-situ conservation

• Pollution

• Invasive species

• National reserves

True or False: The IUCN Red list only contains threatened species.

• True

• False

The Leptotila Wellsi is endemic to

• Jamaica

• Grenada

• St.Vincent

• Dominica

The acronym CR means that the species is

• facing extremely high risk of extinction

• already extinct

• likely to become endangered in the near future

• has not yet been evaluated

The Amazona guildingii is endemic to

• Grenada

• Jamaica

• St.Vincent

• St. Lucia

The Giant ditch frog is rapidly declining because of

• habitat loss

• disease

• over consumption

• all of the above

What Red list category does the West Indian manatee belong to?

• Critically endangered

• Endangered

• Vulnerable

• Near threatened