The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is the world’s most comprehensive source of information on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus, and plant species (IUCN Background, 2020). Although the IUCN Red List is not always up to date they are still a reliable source for how species are doing across their range, however, some populations may face more serious concerns in specific locations of their total range. As of August 2020, the IUCN Red List labels jaguars as near threatened and pumas as least concern (IUCN Jaguar, 2020; IUCN Puma, 2020). Lions, leopards, cheetahs and snow leopards are listed as vulnerable under the IUCN Red List (IUCN Cheetah, 2020; Leopard, 2020; IUCN Lion, 2020; IUCN Snow leopard, 2020). Tigers are the only big cat listed under the IUCN Red List as endangered (IUCN Tigers, 2020).
Literature Cited:
International Union for Conservation of Nature. (2021). The IUCN red list in a nutshell
[Photograph]. International Union for Conservation of Nature https://www.iucn.org/resources/conservation-tools/iucn-red-list-threatened-species
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. (2020). Background & history.
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. (2020). Cheetah: Acinonyx jubatus. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/219/50649567
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. (2020). Jaguar: Panthera onca. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15953/123791436#threats
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. (2020). Leopard: Pathera pardus. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15954/163991139
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. (2020). Lion: Panthera leo.
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List (2020). Puma: Puma concolor.
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List (2020). Snow leopard: Panthera uncia. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22732/50664030
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. (2020). Tiger: Panthera tigris.
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