Over 800 species added to IUCN threatened list, including 44 lemurs

Mongabay: Experts have added 817 species to the threatened categories of the IUCN Red List in the latest update. Those added include 51 mammals-mostly lemurs-and over 400 plants. The new update finds that over 90 percent of lemurs and 79 percent of temperate slipper orchids are threatened with extinction. "What was most surprising about this assessment was the degree of threat to these orchids," said Hassan Rankou, the IUCN Species Survival Commission's (SSC) Authority for the Orchid Specialist Group, "Slipper......

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