Table 3 Numbers of critically endangered (CR) vertebrate (amphibian, bird, reptile, mammal) and
vascular plant species with respect to habitat types in different continental regions (IUCN 2019c)
Regions
Group of
organisms
Forest
Shrubland Grassland Wetlands
World
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
1046
199
132
421
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
1761
412
176
162
N America (exc. Hawaiian
Islands, incl. Greenland)
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
2
1
4
4
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
19
6
1
4
Mesoamerica plus Caribbean
Islands
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
340
35
17
107
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
160
43
6
2
S America
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
243
52
42
156
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
322
53
30
12
Europe (without Russia and
Greenland)
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
3
8
6
6
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
81
93
19
18
Central Asia; Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
0
2
5
5
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
1
1
0
0
S and SE Asia
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
172
25
21
46
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
272
12
18
18
Sub-Saharan Africa
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
161
41
33
67
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
585
90
57
82
Australia
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
30
9
7
16
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
16
12
2
1
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