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The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the 
New Zealand Threat Classification System websiteNZTCS Database
New Zealand Threat Classification System past conservation status lists and manuals
Nature conservation in New Zealand Biota by conservation status system
Department of Conservation
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to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand
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.
The system was developed because the IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biolo ...
, a similar conservation status
The conservation status of a group of organisms (for instance, a species) indicates whether the group still exists and how likely the group is to become extinct in the near future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing conservation ...
system, had some shortcomings for the unique requirements of conservation ranking in New Zealand. plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae excl ...
s, animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage ...
s, and fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately fr ...
are evaluated, though the lattermost has yet to be published. Algae
Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular micr ...
were assessed in 2005 but not reassessed since. Other protist
A protist () is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely that protists share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the e ...
s have not been evaluated.
Categories
Species that are ranked are assigned categories: ;Threatened This category has three major divisions: ::*Nationally Critical - equivalent to the IUCN category of Critically endangered ::*Nationally Endangered - equivalent to the IUCN category of Endangered ::*Nationally Vulnerable - equivalent to the IUCN category of Vulnerable ;At Risk This has four categories: ::*Declining ::*Recovering ::*Relict ::*Naturally Uncommon ;Other categories ;;Introduced and Naturalised These are any species that are deliberately or accidentally introduced into New Zealand. ;;Migrant Migrant species are those that visit New Zealand as part of their life cycle. ;;Vagrant Vagrants are taxa that are rare in New Zealand that have made their own way and do not breed successfully. ;;Coloniser These taxa have arrived in New Zealand without human help and reproduce successfully. ;;Data Deficient This category lists taxa for which insufficient information is available to make as assessment on conservation status. ;;Extinct Taxa for which there is no reasonable doubt that no individuals exist are ranked as extinct. For these lists only species that have become extinct since 1840 are listed. ;;Not Threatened If taxa fit into none of the other categories they are listed in the Not Threatened category.Qualifiers
A series of qualifiers are used to give additional information on the threat classification:See also
* Conservation in New ZealandReferences
{{Reflist, 30emExternal links
*Department of Conservation'New Zealand Threat Classification System website
New Zealand Threat Classification System past conservation status lists and manuals
Nature conservation in New Zealand Biota by conservation status system