Species Search Engine
Comment: The German national Red List threat categories do not correspond with the international IUCN categories.
The species search engine provides data from the German national Red Lists of animals, plants and fungi, such as the threat category, status of population, population trends and additional information.
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35 %
of vertebrates
32 %
of invertebrates
32 %
of plants
23 %
of fungi and lichens
are endangered or already extinct *
* in relation to the population of the lowest taxonomic level of assessed indigenous and archaeobiota (excluding neobiota). Vertebrates: N = 585; Invertebrates: N = 16908; Plants: N = 8575; Fungi and lichens: N = 10069.
The German Red List Centre
On behalf of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, the German Red List Centre acts as the central coordination unit for all national Red Lists of animals, plants and fungi in Germany. Red Lists are scientific publications produced by relevant experts that aim to inform the public about the level of threat to species. The key tasks of the centre include the technical, administrative and financial support of taxonomic specialists. Read more …