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The New Zealand Threat Classification System Lists

Table 1 provides the number of species within each threat category by taxonomic group. The lists, available from the link below, define each threat category, identify which species fall under each threat category, and what qualifies them to be placed there.

New Zealand Threat classification System Lists:2005

Stick insect © Steve Reekie.

Table 1. Threat Categories by Taxonomic Group

Threat Category	Bats	Birds	Bryophytes	Freshwater Fish	Freshwater Invertebrates	Frogs	Fungi	Macroalgae
Nationally Critical		21	69	1	11	2	49	1
Nationally Endangered	3	29	18	2	2	1
Nationally Vulnerable	1	12	1	3	1
Serious Decline		4		1			1
Gradual Decline		21		13	3		10
Sparse		8	33	2	11	1	5
Range Restricted	1	58	54	4	86			37
Total Threatened	5	153	175	26	114	4	65	38
Data Deficient	1	1	51	3	27		1447	23
Extinct (since 1840)		16		1

Table 1 - continued

Threat Category	Marine Fish	Marine Invertebrates	Marine Mammals	Reptiles	Terrestrial Invertebrates	Vascular Plants	Totals
Nationally Critical		10	4	5	125	85	383
Nationally Endangered		3	2	4	101	67	232
Nationally Vulnerable				1	11	23	53
Serious Decline		5		1	14	29	55
Gradual Decline	2	14		22	38	79	202
Sparse	18	4		12	115	140	349
Range Restricted	32	234	2	22	539	445	1514
Total Threatened	52	270	8	67	943	868	2788
Data Deficient	34	8	14	10	1316	96	3031
Extinct (since 1840)				1	9	6	33

Table data sourced from:

Hitchmough, R., Bull, L., & Cromarty, P. (comps). (2007). New Zealand threat classification system lists:2005. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation.