List of Critically Endangered species in Nigeria



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Nigeria 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
Cynisca gansi 203808 CR
Cynisca kigomensis 203810 CR
Piliocolobus epieni Niger Delta Red Colobus 41024 CR
Garra trewavasae 182873 CR
Neolebias powelli 183014 CR
Pentaphlebia gamblesi Gambles's Relic 169192 CR
Neurolestes nigeriensis Gamble's Flatwing 169248 CR
Fundulopanchax powelli 182566 CR
Dactyladenia dichotoma 32703 CR
Dactyladenia eketensis 32704 CR
Napoleonaea lutea 32707 CR
Berlinia hollandii 32711 CR
Napoleonaea reptans 32708 CR
Sclerophrys perreti Perret's Toad 54732 CR
Hymenostegia talbotii 32717 CR
Cassipourea eketensis 32721 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)