critically endangered

[krit-i-klee en-deyn-jerd]

adjective

Biology, Ecology.

1. (of athreatened species ) having the highest risk of extinction, as categorized by the IUCN Red List: CR

   The list of critically endangered frog species is alarmingly long.

Word History and Origins

Origin of critically endangered¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

They are one of seven living species of sea turtles, two of which are critically endangered.

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Last season, almost 90% of the animals caught in NSW's nets were not target species – including 11 critically endangered, and largely docile, grey nurse sharks.

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It is also home to critically endangered black rhinos.

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The European eel is red-listed as critically endangered - it ranks one tier below the conservation status given to pandas, rhinos and tigers.

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Hooded vultures, like other vulture species across Africa and Asia, are critically endangered, with fewer than 150,000 left in the wild.

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