List of Endangered species in Nigeria

This is a list of 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.

scientific_name	common_name	taxonid	category
Fundulopanchax arnoldi	Arnold's killi	181852	EN
Synodontis guttatus		182885	EN
Malimbus ibadanensis	Ibadan Malimbe	22719091	EN
Oreotragus oreotragus ssp. porteousi	Western Klipspringer	15484	EN
Cercopithecus sclateri	Sclater's Monkey	4229	EN
Notoglanidium akiri		182435	EN
Phrynobatrachus danko	Danko Puddle Frog	16577745	EN
Praomys obscurus		41211	EN
Euryrhynchina edingtonae		197941	EN
Fundulopanchax scheeli	Scheeli Killifish	182151	EN
Encephalartos barteri subsp. allochrous		41901	EN
Cryptosepalum diphyllum		32714	EN
Talbotiella eketensis		32719	EN
Soyauxia talbotii		32720	EN
Eriocoelum pungens var. inermis		32727	EN
Cola philipi-jonesii		32732	EN
Epiplatys biafranus		181727	EN
Desmocaris bislineata		198118	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)