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Finnish species in each IUCN category (N=43,000)
See the table compiling the results of the Evaluation of Threatened Species in Finland 2000 by IUCN threatened species categories and species groups.
The Results of the Evaluation of Threatened Species in Finland 2000
Of the 19,000 species whose status was assessed, there was not enough information to accurately define the status of about 3,600 species (19%), which were therefore classified under the IUCN category Data Deficient (DD). Some 12,330 species (65%) were classified as being of Least Concern (LC), while 186 species (1.2%) were found to have become extinct in the wild in Finland. Altogether 1,505 species (10%) were classified as Threatened, and 1,060 species (7%) as Near Threatened.
Extinction rates were highest for the species groups of cryptogams (2.8%) and vertebrates (2.3%).
More than half (53%) of Finland's threatened species are classified as Vulnerable (VU), while 30% (452 species) are classified as Endangered (EN), and 16% (249 species) as Critically Endangered (CR). Most of the threatened species are within the species groups cryptogams, vascular plants and vertebrates.
The largest proportions of species classified as Near Threatened (NT) are for the groups vertebrates (15%) and cryptogams (12%). The proportions of species classified as being of least concern vary between 40% and 99%. Out of the five reptile species found in Finland, two are threatened and one is near threatened. Of groups with larger numbers of species, liverworts seem to be faring worst, with only 61% of all species having a favourable status.
Threatened and Near Threatened species in Finland in each IUCN category
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Critically
Endangered (CR)
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Endangered (EN)
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Vulnerable (VU)
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Threatened species
total (CR, EN, VU)
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Near Threatened (NT)
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Vertebrates
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8
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15
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27
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50
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52
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Mammals
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
7
|
8
|
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Birds
|
6
|
6
|
20
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32
|
37
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Reptiles
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|
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2
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2
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1
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Amphibians
|
|
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1
|
1
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|
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Fish
|
1
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4
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
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Invertebrates
|
99
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242
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418
|
759
|
572
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Segmented worms
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
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Molluscs
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
11
|
26
|
|
Butterflies
and moths
|
35
|
79
|
127
|
241
|
126
|
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Beetles
|
50
|
112
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185
|
347
|
196
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Other Insects
|
13
|
39
|
91
|
143
|
202
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Other Arthropods
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|
8
|
8
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16
|
22
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Vascular plants
|
32
|
52
|
96
|
180
|
93
|
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Cryptogams
|
20
|
37
|
85
|
142
|
108
|
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Mosses
|
13
|
29
|
49
|
91
|
69
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Liverworts
|
6
|
7
|
32
|
45
|
27
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Algae
|
1
|
1
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4
|
6
|
12
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Fungi
|
90
|
106
|
178
|
374
|
235
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Agaricales &
Gasteromycetes
|
31
|
35
|
55
|
121
|
79
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Aphyllophorales
|
22
|
31
|
62
|
115
|
75
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Ascomycetes
|
7
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10
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12
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29
|
21
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Microfungi
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3
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3
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4
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10
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11
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Lichens
|
27
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27
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45
|
99
|
49
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Total
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249
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452
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804
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1,505
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1,060
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Source:
Rassi, P., Alanen, A., Kanerva, T. & Mannerkoski, I. (eds.). 2001. The 2000 Red List of Finnish Species. Ministry of the Environment & Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki.
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