Talk:List of critically endangered insects

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3.2 % critically endangered edit

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I have a question about this. Considering around 195 species are critically endangered, and that over 1 million insect species (that we know of) exist, how does that correspond to 3.2 %? LouisBStevenson (talk) 11:29, 15 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

The key is the number of insects that IUCN has "evaluated" or "assessed." "Evaluated" is the word used on Wiki page while "assessed" is what IUCN uses on their webpage. Currently, IUCN says "more than 147,500 species have been assessed for The IUCN Red List." Their webpage also says their current goal 160,000 species. Those numbers are all species, not just insects.

If you use IUCN's Red List species search, it shows that 12,161 species in Insecta have been assessed with 412 being "critically endangered." That comes out to 3.4% Pretty close to the 7/4/16 percentage the article author computed. Bigwhitmer (talk) 19:50, 19 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

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