12:06 Apr 2, 2015
Categories of at risk status
Each species is classified into 1 of 4 categories:
- extirpated: lives somewhere in the world, and at one time lived in the wild in Ontario, but no longer lives in the wild in Ontario
- endangered: lives in the wild in Ontario but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation
- threatened: lives in the wild in Ontario, is not endangered, but is likely to become endangered if steps are not taken to address factors threatening it
- special concern: lives in the wild in Ontario, is not endangered or threatened, but may become threatened or endangered due to a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats
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