If the species are abundant but are declining in total numbers, such category is called:

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TSPSC Hostel Welfare Officer 29 July 2018 Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is Threatened species.

Key Points

Those that are most threatened are classified as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered in the following three categories, known as threatened.
Species that are extinct in some form fall into the last two categories extinct in the wild and extinct.
Currently, 37,400 animal and plant species are known to be on the verge of extinction, accounting for roughly 28% of the 134,000 species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
The total number of species on the planet is taken into account, the true figure is expected to be much higher.