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Option 2 : Asiatic Lion
The correct answer is Asiatic Lion.
- The Asiatic lion was critically endangered till 2008 but has since been upgraded to the endangered category.
- There are more than 142,500 species on the IUCN Red List, with more than 40,000 species threatened with extinction, including 41% of amphibians, 37% of sharks and rays, 34% of conifers, 33% of reef-building corals, 26% of mammals and 13% of birds.
- IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, was established on 5 October 1948.
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was founded in 1964.
- It is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
Some of the tags of IUCN are: (May 2022)
| Categories (IUNC Status) | Definition | Examples |
| Extinct (EX) | No known individuals remaining |
Pink, Head Duck, Indian aurochs |
| Extinct in the wild (EW) | Known only to survive in captivity |
Alagoas curassow, Beloribitsa |
| Critically endangered (CR) | Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
Cross River Gorilla, Eastern Lowland Gorilla, Hawksbill, Turtle, Gharial |
| Endangered (EN) | High risk of extinction in the wild |
Pygmy Hog, Northern Right Whale, The Vaquita, Amur, Leopard, Lion Tailed Macaque |
| Vulnerable (VU) | High risk of endangerment in the wild. |
Nilgiri Marten, Nilgiri Langoor, Marbled cat |
| Near Threatened (NT) | Likely to become endangered in the near future |
Przewalski's horse, the Humpback whale |
| Least Concern (LC) | Lowest risk |
Harp Seal, Giraffe |
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