List of Vulnerable species in Nigeria

This is a list of Vulnerable 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
Cynisca nigeriensis		203816	VU
Potamonautes reidi	Reid's River Crab	134731	VU
Ctenopoma nebulosum		182909	VU
Cardiocondyla zoserka		3857	VU
Epiplatys longiventralis		182080	VU
Synodontis robbianus		181646	VU
Marcusenius brucii		182679	VU
Arnoldichthys spilopterus	Niger tetra	182186	VU
Pseudospondias microcarpa var. hirsuta		32699	VU
Monodora unwinii		32700	VU
Piptostigma giganteum		32701	VU
Xylopia talbotii		32702	VU
Drypetes obanensis		32705	VU
Anthonotha obanensis		32709	VU
Dalbergia albiflora subsp. echinocarpa		32715	VU
Alestopetersius smykalai	Blue Diamond Characin	169424	VU
Belonophora talbotii		32722	VU
Ixora nigerica		32725	VU
Synsepalum glycydora		32728	VU
Cola gigas		32729	VU
Cola glabra		32730	VU
Scaphopetalum parvifolium		32733	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)