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Country Data Dossier for Reducing Risk of Extinction Summary Sheet Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA – Country Data Dossier for Reducing Risk of Extinction Summary Sheet Summary Table of Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List Mammals Birds Reptiles* Amphibians Fishes* Molluscs* Other Inverts* Plants* 7 10 7 0 20 4 111 4 Amphibian, Mammal, Plant*, and Reptile* Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List In Federated States of Micronesia: Out of 0 amphibian species, 0 are threatened or extinct Out of 24 mammal species, 6 are threatened or extinct Out of 58 plant species, 4 are threatened or extinct Out of 19 reptile species, 7 are threatened or extinct List of Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List Federated States of Micronesia has: 1 Critically Endangered (CR) reptile* species: Eretmochelys imbricata List of Bird Threatened Species Federated States of Micronesia has 2 Critically Endangered (CR) bird species: Aplonis pelzelni, Acrocephalus luscinius List of Critically Endangered Endemic Species Out of 1 Critically Endangered (CR) mammal species, Federated States of Micronesia has 1 endemic mammal species: Pteropus insularis Out of 2 Critically Endangered (CR) bird species, Federated States of Micronesia has 2 endemic bird species: Aplonis pelzelni, Acrocephalus luscinius *Reptiles, fishes, molluscs, other invertebrates and plants: please note that for these groups, there are still many species that have not yet been assessed by the IUCN Red List and therefore, their status is not known. The figures presented for these groups should be interpreted as the number of species known to be threatened within those species that have been assessed to date, and not as the overall total number of threatened species for each group. 1 Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA – Summary Table of Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List, Amphibian, Mammal, Plant, and Reptile Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List, List of Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List, Bird Threatened Species, List of Threatened Bird Species, Species Protection Statistics (All PAs), and Critically Endangered Endemic Species Summary Table of Threatened Speciesi Identified by the IUCN Red List2 Mammals Birds Reptiles* Amphibians Fishes* Molluscs* Other Inverts* Plants* 7 10 7 0 20 4 111 4 Amphibian, Mammal, Plant*, and Reptile* Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List In Federated States of Micronesia: Out of 0 amphibian species, 0 are threatened or extinct 3 Out of 24 mammal species, 6 are threatened or extinct 4 Out of 58 plant species, 4 are threatened or extinct 5 Out of 19 reptile species, 7 are threatened or extinct 2 IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. http://cmsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/summarystats/2015_2_Summary_Stats_Page_Documents/2015_2_RL_Stats_Table_5.pdf. Accessed on 11 April 2016. 3 IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. http://www.iucnredlist.org. As available on 1 June 2015. 4 Ibid. 5 IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. http://cmsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/summarystats/2015_2_Summary_Stats_Page_Documents/2015_2_RL_Stats_Table_6b.pdf. Accessed on 11 April 2016. 2 Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction Class Total number Number of % of species Number of % threatened Threatened Critically Endangered Vulnerable of native native that are Threatened or extinct endemics Endangered species (EN) species species (incl. endemics endemic species species (CR) (VU) EX) (CR+EN+VU) Amphibian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mammal 24 4 17 6 25 3 0 2 4 Plant* 58 - - 4 7 - 0 2 2 Reptile* 19 - - 7 37 - 6 9 17 List of Threatened Speciesii Identified by the IUCN Red List6 7 Federated States of Micronesia has: 0 Critically Endangered (CR) amphibian species 0 Critically Endangered (CR) mammal species 0 Critically Endangered (CR) plant* species 1 Critically Endangered (CR) reptile* species Legend In red: Critically Endangered (CR) species In blue: Endangered (EN) species In black: Vulnerable (VU) species 6 IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on 11 April 2016. 7 There might be discrepancies between Section 1: Summary Table of Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List, Section 2: Amphibian, Mammal, Plant and Reptile Threatened Species Identified by the IUNC Red List and Section 3: List of Threatened Species Identified by the IUCN Red List. Information used in the tables in sections 1 and 2 was published on 1 June 2015 whereas information used in section 3 is from the IUCN Red List Online database, which is updated on a regular basis. 3 Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction Mammals (Class) Phylum: Chordata, Kingdom: Animalia Red Red List Species Year Population Order Family Genus Species List Red List criteria criteria ID assessed trend status version 7669 CHIROPTERA EMBALLONURIDAE Emballonura semicaudata EN B1ab(iii,iv,v) 3.1 2008 decreasing 41755 CETARTIODACTYLA PHYSETERIDAE Physeter macrocephalus VU A1d 3.1 2008 unknown 18737 CHIROPTERA PTEROPODIDAE Pteropus mariannus EN B1ab(iii,v) 3.1 2008 decreasing 18741 CHIROPTERA PTEROPODIDAE Pteropus molossinus VU D2 3.1 2008 stable 136531 CHIROPTERA PTEROPODIDAE Pteropus ualanus VU D2 3.1 2008 stable Plants*(Kingdom) Red List Year Species Red List Red List Population Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species criteria assesse ID status criteria trend version d TRACHE 61316 CYCADOPSIDA CYCADALES CYCADACEAE Cycas micronesica EN A3ce 3.1 2010 decreasing OPHYTA ANTHO ANTHOCEROTOP DENDROCE B2ab(ii,iii 39218 CERATO DENDROCEROTACEAE Dendroceros japonicus EN 3.1 2012 decreasing SIDA ROTALES ,iv,v) PHYTA TRACHE 32040 MAGNOLIOPSIDA FABALES LEGUMINOSAE Parkia korom VU D2 2.3 1998 N/A OPHYTA TRACHE 31312 MAGNOLIOPSIDA FABALES LEGUMINOSAE Pericopsis mooniana VU A1cd 2.3 1998 N/A OPHYTA 4 Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction Reptiles* (Class) Phylum: Chordata, Kingdom: Animalia Red Red List Species Year Population Order Family Genus Species List Red List criteria criteria ID assessed trend status version 4615 TESTUDINES CHELONIIDAE Chelonia mydas EN A2bd 3.1 2004 decreasing 6494 TESTUDINES DERMOCHELYIDAE Dermochelys coriacea VU A2bd 3.1 2013 decreasing 178469 SQUAMATA SCINCIDAE Emoia boettgeri EN B1ab(iii) 3.1 2013 decreasing 196614 SQUAMATA SCINCIDAE Emoia ponapea EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) 3.1 2012 decreasing 8005 TESTUDINES CHELONIIDAE Eretmochelys imbricata CR A2bd 3.1 2008 decreasing 11534 TESTUDINES CHELONIIDAE Lepidochelys olivacea VU A2bd 3.1 2008 decreasing 196586 SQUAMATA GEKKONIDAE Perochirus ateles EN B1ab(v) 3.1 2013 decreasing 5 Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction Bird Threatened Species8 In Federated States of Micronesia, 9% of bird species are threatened. Number of Critically Vulnerable Total number of Endangered Threatened species % threatened Endangered species species species (EN) (CR+EN+VU) species (CR) (VU) 126 11 9 2 4 5 List of Bird Threatened Species9 Federated States of Micronesia has 2 Critically Endangered (CR) bird species. Legend In red: Critically Endangered (CR) species In blue: Endangered (EN) species In black: Vulnerable (VU) species 8 BirdLife International. (2015) Country profile: Federated States of Micronesia. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country. Accessed on 11 April 2016. 9 Ibid. 6 Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction Species Species Common Name Category ID 2613 Alopecoenas kubaryi Caroline Ground-dove VU 6089 Metabolus rugensis Chuuk Monarch EN 6734 Aplonis pelzelni Pohnpei Starling CR 7514 Rukia ruki Faichuk White-eye EN 3040 Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot EN 7611 Acrocephalus luscinius Nightingale Reed-warbler CR 3884 Pterodroma cervicalis White-necked Petrel VU 3892 Pterodroma longirostris Stejneger's Petrel VU 3010 Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-thighed Curlew VU 1016652 Todiramphus reichenbachii Pohnpei Kingfisher VU 3014 Numenius madagascariensis Far Eastern Curlew EN List of Critically Endangered Endemic Species Federated States of Micronesia has: 0 Critically Endangered (CR) endemic amphibian species10 1 Critically Endangered (CR) endemic mammal species11 0 Critically Endangered (CR) endemic reptile species12 0 Critically Endangered (CR) endemic plant species13 2 Critically Endangered (CR) endemic bird species14 Amphibians, Mammals and Reptiles Taxon ID Class Species 18730 MAMMALIA Pteropus insularis Birds Species ID Species Common Name 6734 Aplonis pelzelni Pohnpei Starling 7611 Acrocephalus luscinius Nightingale Reed-warbler 10 IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. www.iucnredlist.org. As available on 1 June 2015. 11 Ibid. 12 Ibid. 13 Ibid. 14 BirdLife International. (2015) Country profile: Federated States of Micronesia. http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country. Accessed on 11 April 2016. 7 Country Data Dossier for Aichi Target 12: Reducing Risk of Extinction Species Protection Statistics (All PAs) 15 No. Globally No. No. % % GT No. % E % TE Class Threatened Threatened species protected protected Endemic (E) protected protected (GT) Endemic (TE) Aves 116 24.14 13 30.77 19 0.00 5 0.00 Mammalia 34 70.59 10 30.00 4 0.00 4 0.00 Amphibia 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 A species is counted as “protected” if its mapped range (from IUCN Red List) overlaps to some extent (>0% to 100%) with PA boundaries in the country. This
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