Creature Library

Conservation status

Not Evaluated animals

Not Evaluated covers animals the IUCN has not assessed against the Red List criteria. Most are domestic animals, which the Red List excludes by design. A farm cow or a pet dog is a human-bred form rather than a wild population, so extinction risk does not apply in the usual way. Their wild ancestors are assessed separately, where any still survive.

All 26 Not Evaluated animals in the library, from the affenpinscher to the zebu. Most of them live in North America and Europe.

What they eat
  • Herbivores 10
  • Omnivores 15
  • Carnivores 1

IUCN Red List

  1. LC Least Concern
  2. NT Near Threatened
  3. VU Vulnerable
  4. EN Endangered
  5. CR Critically Endangered
  6. EW Extinct in the Wild
  7. EX Extinct

Not Evaluated sits outside this scale. These animals have never been assessed, which is normal for domestic breeds: a farm cow or a pet dog is a human-bred form rather than a wild population.

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