Table 3.4: Distribution of threat ranking by native species group according to the Department of Conservation’s Threat Classification System, 2005
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Group |
|
Threatened |
Total threatened |
Data-deficient1 species |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acutely threatened |
Chronically threatened |
At risk |
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Bats |
|
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
Birds |
|
62 |
25 |
66 |
153 |
50 |
Reptiles |
|
10 |
23 |
34 |
67 |
12 |
Frogs |
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
Freshwater fish |
|
6 |
14 |
6 |
26 |
21 |
Invertebrates |
Freshwater |
14 |
3 |
97 |
114 |
29 |
Land-based |
237 |
52 |
654 |
943 |
1,541 |
|
Plants |
Bryophytes2 |
88 |
0 |
87 |
175 |
8 |
Vascular plants |
175 |
108 |
585 |
868 |
155 |
|
Fungi |
|
49 |
11 |
5 |
65 |
1,445 |
Total |
|
648 |
236 |
1,536 |
2,420 |
3,262 |
Notes:
(1) Species for which data is deficient may be rare or threatened, but not enough is known to classify them that way.
(2) Bryophtes are non-vascular plants: mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
Data source: Adapted from Hitchmough et al, 2007.
