Least Concern

Also known as LC, LR/lc

IUCN conservation category

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"Least Concern" is a category used by conservation experts to classify animal and plant species that are not at risk of extinction because they are widespread and abundant in the wild. This classification matters because it helps scientists and policymakers focus their limited conservation resources on species that actually need protection.

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Commons category: IUCN Least Concern species
short name: LC

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Taurotragus oryx, the common eland, is a species with a conservation status of least concern. A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. They do not qualify as threatened, near threatened, or (before 2001) conservation dependent.

Species cannot be assigned the "Least Concern" category unless they have had their population status evaluated. That is, adequate information is needed to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution or population status.