IUCN Red List conservation dependent species

As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 238 conservation dependent species.^[1] That was 0.29% of all evaluated species listed at the time. The IUCN also listed seven subspecies and five varieties as conservation dependent.

As of the 2024.2 version of the Red List, the IUCN lists 125 conservation dependent species, seven plant subspecies and five plant varieties as having been assessed as conservation dependent.^[2]

The conservation dependent category is part of the IUCN 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3), which is no longer used in evaluation of taxa, but which persists in the IUCN Red List for taxa evaluated prior to 2001, when version 3.1 was first used. Using the 2001 (v3.1) system these taxa are classed as near threatened, but those that have not been re-evaluated remain with the conservation dependent category.

This is a complete list of conservation dependent species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have conservation dependent subpopulations are also indicated. However, as updated versions of the IUCN Red List are released, this list will need to be updated to match the most current version.