Table 7
Number of critically endangered species with respect to threat categories and continental region (cf. IUCN 2019c)
Land regions
Group of
organisms
Residential and
commercial
development,
transportation
Agriculture and aquaculture
including wood plantations
and nomadic grazing
Biological
resource
use
Invasive
species
Pollution
Climate
change and
severe
weather
World
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
436
945
847
592
226
279
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
563
1429
1145
667
100
386
N America (exc. Hawaiian
Islands, incl. Greenland)
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
2
4
8
5
2
3
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
9
8
7
2 2
2
8
Mesoamerica plus Carribean
Islands
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
173
288
264
208
53
82
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
90
154
137
25
2
52
S America
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
84
243
158
149
80
54
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
75
189
123
37
8
13
Europe (without Russia and
Greenland)
Amphibians,
birds, reptiles,
mammals
3
1 0
1 4
7
5
5
Vascular plants
(Tracheophyta)
41
90
45
103
21
39
258
C. Hobohm et al.