List of Endangered species in Cayman Islands

This is a list of 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.

scientific_name	common_name	taxonid	category
Myrmecophila thomsoniana	Banana Orchid	56499971	EN
Chionanthus caymanensis var. longipetala	Ironwood	34314	EN
Myrmecophila thomsoniana var. minor		56499985	EN
Myrmecophila thomsoniana var. thomsoniana		56499988	EN
Chionanthus caymanensis	Ironwood	63001	EN
Elacatinus centralis	Cayman Sponge Goby	68309149	EN
Scolosanthus roulstonii		56503760	EN
Cubatyphlops caymanensis	Cayman Worm Snake	75607252	EN
Phyllanthus caymanensis		56500572	EN
Elacatinus cayman	Cayman Cleaner Goby	68309086	EN
Coccothrinax proctorii	Thatch Palm	56495716	EN
Celestus maculatus		81044203	EN
Cyclura lewisi	Blue Iguana	44275	EN
Tigrigobius harveyi	Cayman Greenbanded Goby	68309114	EN
Agave caymanensis		56495741	EN

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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)