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The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c.6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines

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European Red List

Dataset contains European Red Lists of butterflies, dragonflies, saproxylic beetles, amphibians and reptiles, and mammals. Each of the categories occupies an individual table within the dataset.

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European Red List of butterflies, European Red List of dragonflies, European Red List of saproxylic beetles, European Red List of amphibians and reptiles

Field name	Field definition	Note	Codes	Data type
Kingdom	Standard taxonomic rank			text(20)
Phylum	Standard taxonomic rank			text(20)
Class	Standard taxonomic rank			text(30)
Order	Standard taxonomic rank			text(40)
Family	Standard taxonomic rank			text(40)
Genus	Standard taxonomic rank			text(50)
Species	Standard taxonomic rank			text(50)
Subspecies	Standard taxonomic rank			text(50)
Taxonomic notes	Notes documenting recent taxonomic changes or any current taxonomic doubts or debates about the validity or identity of the taxon			memo
Endemic to Europe	indicate species endemic to geographical Europe (except the Caucassus)	from Iceland in the west to Urals in the east (including parts of the Russian federation), and from Franz Josef Land in the north to the mediterranean in the south. The Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores are also included. In the southest, the Caucasus region is not included.		text(3)
Endemic to EU27	indicate species endemic to the area of the 27 Member States of the European Union			text(3)
European regional Red List Category	European regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria	EX - Extinct RE - Regionally Extinct CR - Critically Endangered (= threatened species) EN - Endangered (= threatened species) VU - Vulnerable (= threatened species) NT - Near Threatened LC - Least Concern DD - Data Deficient NA - Not Applicable NE - Not Evaluated	text(2)
Europe regional Red List Criteria	Criteria used to define the European regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria		text(50)
EU27 regional Red List Category	EU27 regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria	EX - Extinct RE - Regionally Extinct CR - Critically Endangered (= threatened species) EN - Endangered (= threatened species) VU - Vulnerable (= threatened species) NT - Near Threatened LC - Least Concern DD - Data Deficient NA - Not Applicable NE - Not Evaluated	text(2)
EU27 regional Red List Criteria	Criteria used to define the EU27 regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria		text(50)
Rationale of the Red List Category	Provide a rationale to justify the assessment in the Rationale for the Red List Assessment field.			memo
Population Trend	Document the trend of the population of the species (Increasing, Decreasing, Stable, unknown)			text(20)
Range	Summarize the current information available for the geographic range for the species			memo
Population	Summarize the information available for size and trend of the global population			memo
Habitat	Summarize the information available for suitable habitats and ecological requirements for the species			memo
Threats	Document the major threats affecting, or likely to affect, the taxon.			memo
Conservation actions	Document the conservation actions currently in place, and realistic actions needed to mitigate the threats causing declines (if any).			memo
Red List Assessors	Experts that assessed the European and EU27 regional Red list status for the species			memo

European Red List of mammals

Field name	Field definition	Note	Codes	Data type
Kingdom	Standard taxonomic rank			text(20)
Phylum	Standard taxonomic rank			text(20)
Class	Standard taxonomic rank			text(30)
Order	Standard taxonomic rank			text(40)
Family	Standard taxonomic rank			text(40)
Scientific name	Standard taxonomic rank			text(50)
Taxonomic Notes	Notes documenting recent taxonomic changes or any current taxonomic doubts or debates about the validity or identity of the taxon			memo
Endemic to Europe	indicate species endemic to geographical Europe (except the Caucassus)	from Iceland in the west to Urals in the east (including parts of the Russian federation), and from Franz Josef Land in the north to the mediterranean in the south. The Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores are also included. In the southest, the Caucasus region is not included.		text(3)
Endemic to EU25	indicate species endemic to the area of 25 Member States of the European Union (2005)			text(3)
European regional Red List Category	European regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria	EX - Extinct RE - Regionally Extinct CR - Critically Endangered (= threatened species) EN - Endangered (= threatened species) VU - Vulnerable (= threatened species) NT - Near Threatened LC - Least Concern DD - Data Deficient NA - Not Applicable NE - Not Evaluated	text(2)
Europe regional Red List Criteria	Criteria used to define the European regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria		text(50)
EU25 regional Red List Category	EU25 regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria	EX - Extinct RE - Regionally Extinct CR - Critically Endangered (= threatened species) EN - Endangered (= threatened species) VU - Vulnerable (= threatened species) NT - Near Threatened LC - Least Concern DD - Data Deficient NA - Not Applicable NE - Not Evaluated	text(2)
EU25 regional Red List Criteria	Criteria used to define the EU25 regional Red List status	see IUCN Red List definitions at http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria		text(50)
Rationale of the Red List Category	Provide a rationale to justify the assessment in the Rationale for the Red List Assessment field.			memo
Conservation status analysis	preliminary assessment of the Conservation status of the species, based on the IUCN Red List data			text(40)
Range	Summarize the current information available for the geographic range for the species			memo
Population	Summarize the information available for size and trend of the global population			memo
Habitat	Summarize the information available for suitable habitats and ecological requirements for the species			memo
Threats	Document the major threats affecting, or likely to affect, the taxon.			memo
Conservation actions	Document the conservation actions currently in place, and realistic actions needed to mitigate the threats causing declines (if any).			memo
Red List Assessors	Experts that assessed the European and EU25 regional Red list status for the species			memo

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Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV).
Data sources: The European Red Lists were commissioned by the European Commission and elaborated and compiled by IUCN. Comprehensive and updated results can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/species/redlist/index_en.htm.
Owners:: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)

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It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the European level so that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status.

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Austria Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom