List of Critically Endangered species in Cayman Islands



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Cayman Islands 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
Aegiphila caymanensis 56499847 CR
Pectis caymanensis var. robusta 56496009 CR
Tropidophis caymanensis Cayman Islands Dwarf Boa 75606416 CR
Cyclura nubila ssp. caymanensis Lesser Caymans Rock Iguana 6043 CR
Cerion nanus 4251 CR
Salvia caymanensis 56499879 CR
Dendropemon caymanensis 56499882 CR
Pisonia margaretiae 56499888 CR
Agalinis kingsii 56500529 CR
Tropidophis parkeri Parker’s Dwarf Boa 75606581 CR
Dendrophylax fawcettii 56499921 CR
Encyclia kingsii 56499924 CR
Wittmackia caymanensis Old George 56499801 CR
Casearia staffordiae 56503771 CR
Banara caymanensis 56503782 CR
Verbesina caymanensis 56496487 CR
Cubatyphlops epactius Cayman Brac Blindsnake 75607275 CR
Terminalia eriostachya var. margaretiae Black Mastic 62077422 CR

 

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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)