Near Threatened animals

Near Threatened is the IUCN’s warning category. An animal here does not yet qualify as Vulnerable, but it is close enough that a small worsening in its habitat, its prey or its protection would push it over. These are the species where conservation still has room to work cheaply, before numbers collapse and recovery becomes slow, expensive and uncertain.

All 5 Near Threatened animals in the library, from the bumblebee bat to the quetzal. Most of them live in North America and Central America.