Species identified during biodiversity monitoring are classified based on official protection lists, local laws and regulations, and scientific literature on degrees of threat, rareness, endemicity, economic importance, species migration, and other parameters. Species’ conservation status is classified at the international (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)), national (ICMBio – Red Book of Brazilian Threatened Fauna 2018 and MMA Ordinance No. 148/2022), and state levels.

São Paulo
	2021		2022		2023
Category	IUCN	ICMBio	IUCN	ICMBio	IUCN	ICMBio
Critically endangered	0	0	0	0	0	0
Endangered	3	3	9	5	9	5
Vulnerable	6	13	8	8	9	8
Near threatened	11	0	12	0	12	–
Least concern	0	0	0	0	625	–
Note: For the “Near Threatened” and “Least Concern” categories on the ICMBio list, only threatened species are listed in the relevant legislation and not other species as in the IUCN Red List.

 

Bahia
	2021		2022		2023
Category	IUCN	ICMBio	IUCN	ICMBio	IUCN	ICMBio
Critically endangered	0	0	7	0	1	2
Endangered	5	6	7	5	6	10
Vulnerable	19	12	13	15	11	13
Near threatened	4	11	7	2	7	2
Least concern	0	0	252	250	252	250

Note: For the “Near Threatened” and “Least Concern” categories on the ICMBio list, only threatened species are listed in the relevant legislation and not other species as in the IUCN Red List.