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An endangered species is a species of wild animal or plant that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. A species is considered threatened if it is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.
- Destruction, modification, or restriction of habitat resulting from human activity such as agriculture, urban development, mining, deforestation, and pollution
- Human exploitation of a species for commercial, recreational, scientific, educational, or other purposes that results in critically diminished population numbers
- Competition and/or displacement by invasive species
- Disease or predation by other animals to the extent that populations decline significantly