critically endangered
Facing imminent extinction
Critically endangered describes species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
It's the most severe classification before extinction, applied when populations have declined drastically or habitat has been devastated: The Sumatran rhino is critically endangered, with fewer than eighty individuals remaining.
Conservation efforts often prioritize critically endangered species.
- on the brinkAt the threshold
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- threatened speciesWildlife at extinction risk
- extinct speciesOrganism with no survivors
- habitat restorationReviving degraded natural environments
species preservation · biodiversity · vulnerable species · species recovery · breeding program · flagship species · endemic species · poaching · rewilding · invasive species · community engagement · keystone species · captive breeding · conservation efforts · ecological balance · wildlife corridors · WWF · climate change
- conservationconservation, wildlife, habitat, sanctuary, preservation
- speciesnative species, invasive species, endemic species, exotic species, rare species
- wildlife statusextinct, vulnerable, threatened, rare species, extirpated
- language losslanguage loss, extinct language, dying language, dead language
- extinctionmass extinction, dodo, extinct, extinction event, extinction rate
- shark traitsdorsal fin, pectoral fin
critically endangeredsecure
Protected from harm
vulnerable · thriving · stable · endangered
critically endangeredthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · abundant · prolific · ubiquitous · plentiful
critical, critically, critic, critique, critics, critiques, critiqued, critiquing, criticism