Conservation Status

Question 1

why is conservation status important?

Answer 1

Important to understanding the numbers and distribution of a species in a geographic
area, or entire planet

Question 2

critically endangered

Answer 2

CR

• Extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
• Grenada dove is endemic to Grenada
• Jamaican iguana is in small population in Jamaica

Question 3

endangered

Answer 3

ER

High risk of extinction in the wild
- West Indian Mahagony is native to Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola
- Nassau grouper is fished for sport

Question 4

vulnerable

Answer 4

VU

• High risk of endangerment in the wild
• West Indian Manatee is the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order
• St. Vincent parrot is endemic to St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Question 5

near threatened

Answer 5

NT

• Likely to become endangered in the near future
• Caribbean reef shark is found throughout the Belize Barrier Reef and it one of
  the largest apex predators of the reef ecosystem