List of Vulnerable species in Afghanistan



This is a list of Vulnerable species in Afghanistan according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Cyprinus carpio Wild Common Carp 6181 VU
Otis tarda Great Bustard 22691900 VU
Panthera uncia Snow Leopard 22732 VU
Acinonyx jubatus Cheetah 219 VU
Melanitta fusca Velvet Scoter 22724836 VU
Ursus thibetanus Himalayan Black Bear 22824 VU
Columba eversmanni Yellow-eyed Dove 22690097 VU
Branta ruficollis Red-breasted Goose 22679954 VU
Luciobarbus brachycephalus Aral Barbel 135684 VU
Luciobarbus capito 135687 VU
Schizothorax richardsonii 166525 VU
Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe 22696606 VU
Gazella subgutturosa Goitered Gazelle 8976 VU
Vormela peregusna European Marbled Polecat 29680 VU
Rhinolophus mehelyi Mehely's Horseshoe Bat 19519 VU
Testudo horsfieldii Horsfield's Tortoise 21651 VU
Onychogomphus flexuosus Waved Pincertail 185666 VU
Ovis orientalis Cyprus Mouflon 15739 VU
Panthera leo Lion 15951 VU
Ulmus wallichiana 30410 VU
Malaxis muscifera 50126625 VU
Parnassius autocrator 16251 VU
Saxicola macrorhynchus White-browed Bush Chat 22710160 VU

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)