List of Vulnerable species in United Kingdom



This is a list of Vulnerable species in United Kingdom 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
Sorbus hibernica Irish Whitebeam 79748641 VU
Sorbus minima Least Whitebeam 79749277 VU
Cuphophyllus lepidopus 126002894 VU
Sorbus porrigentiformis Grey-leaved Whitebeam 79749347 VU
Salvelinus gracillimus 135412 VU
Salvelinus killinensis 135415 VU
Salvelinus mallochi 135418 VU
Salvelinus maxillaris 135419 VU
Salvelinus perisii 135423 VU
Salvelinus struanensis 135424 VU
Salvelinus youngeri 135428 VU
Marsupella profunda 39195 VU
Herbertus borealis Northern Prongwort 39196 VU
Herbertus norenus 87497606 VU
Coregonus clupeoides Powan 135566 VU
Myrmica hirsuta 14232 VU
Sorbus devoniensis Devon Whitebeam 79748504 VU
Salmo stomachicus Gillaroo 135592 VU
Sorbus eminens Round-leaved Whitebeam 34728 VU
Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum Scottish Beard Moss 85839319 VU
Metatrichoniscoides celticus 13273 VU
Salmo nigripinnis Sonaghen 135653 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)