Endangered Species

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009473",
  "term": "Endangered Species",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Animals, birds, fish, plants, or other living organisms threatened with extinction by anthropogenic (man-caused) or other natural changes in their environment. Requirements for declaring a species endangered are contained in the Endangered Species Act.\n\n2. A plant or animal that is in immediate danger of becoming extinct and needs protection to survive.\n\n3. Animals, plants, birds, fish, or other living organisms threatened with extinction by man-made or natural changes in the environment.\n\n4. A species whose numbers are so small that it is in immediate danger of becoming extinct and needs protection to survive.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Env; Terms of Environment",
    "Estuaries Glossary",
    "Pesticides Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/endangered-species/"
}