List of Endangered species in Zambia



This is a list of Endangered species in Zambia 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
Baphia speciosa 32800 EN
Dacryodes trapnellii 135630957 EN
Orthochromis luongoensis 182998 EN
Kobus leche ssp. kafuensis Kafue Lechwe 11045 EN
Ophrestia unicostata 19892620 EN
Melanoides crawshayi 184719 EN
Aethiothemis gamblesi Problematic Flasher 184234 EN
Crocidura ansellorum Ansell's Shrew 5558 EN
Chetia mola 182208 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)