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Species cannot be assigned the "Least Concern" category unless they have had their population status evaluated. That is, adequate information is needed to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of
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Since 2001 the category has had the abbreviation "LC", following the IUCN 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1). Before 2001 "least concern" was a subcategory of the "
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still assigns the category to 15,636 taxa. The number of animal species listed in this category totals 14,033 (which includes several
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have the classification, though only four species in those kingdoms have been evaluated by the IUCN.
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because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. They do not qualify as
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were formally assessed as a species of least concern in 2008.
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Index

Species of least concern

Taurotragus oryx
Conservation status
IUCN Red List category
Extinct
Extinct (EX)
list
Extinct in the Wild (EW)
list
Threatened
Critically Endangered (CR)
list
Endangered (EN)
list
Vulnerable (VU)
list
Lower Risk
Near Threatened (NT)
list
Conservation Dependent (CD)
list
Least Concern (LC)
Data Deficient (DD)
list
Not Evaluated (NE)
International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

IUCN Red List
NatureServe status
Lists of organisms by population

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