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==== Conservation status ====
{{Main|Wikipedia:Conservation status}}
[[File:Status iucn3.1.svg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Conservation status#IUCN Red List Categories & Criteria v3.1 (since 2001)|IUCN from 2001]]  (IUCN3.1)]]
[[File:Status iucn2.3.svg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Conservation status#IUCN Red List Categories & Criteria v2.3 (1994-2000)|IUCN from 1994]] (IUCN2.3)]]
[[File:Status TNC.svg|thumb|Global [[Wikipedia:Conservation status#TNC G-ranks and T-ranks|NatureServe status]] (TCN)]]
[[File:Status ESA.svg|thumb|U.S. [[Wikipedia:Conservation status#USA: ESA|Endangered Species Act]] (ESA)]]
[[File:Status COSEWIC.svg|thumb|Canada's [[Wikipedia:Conservation status#Canada: COSEWIC Species at Risk Act/SARA|Species at Risk/SARA]] (COSEWIC)]]
[[File:Status EPBC.svg|thumb|Australia's [[Wikipedia:Conservation status#Australia: EPBC (national)|Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation]] (EPBC)]]
[[File:Status DECF.svg|thumb|Western Australia's [[Wikipedia:Conservation status#Australia: DECF (Western Australia)|Declared Rare and Priority Flora List]] (DECF)]]
[[File:Status 2008 NZTCS.svg|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Conservation status#New Zealand: NZTCS|New Zealand Threat Classification System]] (NZTCS)]]

''Conservation status'' may optionally be included to show a graphical view of the conservation status. It is composed from a set of parameters according to the following structure:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow:auto;">
|status = code
|status_system = classification system—required if code is set
|status_ref = <ref>...</ref>—optional
|extinct = year of extinction—optional (only use if |status=EX and year of extinction is known)
</syntaxhighlight>

Notes:

# Conservation status is not appropriate for prehistoric organisms—use the {{para|fossil_range}} parameter.
# Some automated taxoboxes also use {{para|extinct}} for a different purpose—see [[Template:Speciesbox#Extinct species]].

===== Status system =====
There are several organizations declaring conservation status, and this has led to different classification and criteria. For this reason a status level must also be specified together with the classification system used.

The recommended '''status_system''' to use is ''IUCN3.1'', but if not available for the species, other systems are supported. Details and other systems are listed at [[Wikipedia:Conservation status]]. Images to the right provide examples of the available systems, both international and national. ''IUCN2.3'' is deprecated for new boxes, although some taxoboxes still exist and are supported for this version.

This parameter is '''required''' in order to display the proper conservation status graphic. Failure to use this parameter will result in no graphic appearing.

===== Status code =====
Set the relevant status '''code''' from the selected system. The code should use upper and lower case as specified [[Wikipedia:Conservation status|per system documentation]]. It may also be possible to use a template instead of the code{{Citation needed|date=September 2019|reason=Is this still supported, and when is it useful?}}.

You can search the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]]'s [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ database of threatened species] to find the conservation status of many organisms.

With each system having different codes, please refer to [[Wikipedia:Conservation status|system documentation]] for the available codes.

The following list is kept in the documentation for historic reasons (the third column shows the category that is automatically added to the article):

:{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+IUCN statuses in taxoboxes
!scope="col"| Status (as shown in taxobox)
!scope="col"| Code
!scope="col"|Category assigned
|-
!scope="row"| Secure
| secure<ref name="invalid" group="IUCN" /> ||
|-
!scope="row"| Domesticated
| DOM<ref name="invalid" group="IUCN" /> || [[:Category:Domesticated animals]]
|-
!scope="row"| Least Concern (LC)
| LC ||
|-
!scope="row"| Least Concern (LR/lc)
| LR/lc ||
|-
!scope="row"| [[Near Threatened]] (NT)
| NT ||
|-
!scope="row"| [[Near Threatened]] (LC/nt)
| LR/nt ||
|-
!scope="row"| [[Conservation Dependent]] (LR/cd)
| LR/cd ||
|-
!scope="row"| [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] (VU)
| VU ||
|-
!scope="row"| [[Endangered species|Endangered]] (EN)
| EN || [[:Category:Endangered species]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Critically Endangered]]
| CR || [[:Category:Critically endangered species]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Critically Endangered]] (CR), possibly extinct
| PE || Category:Critically endangered species
|-
!scope="row"| Extinct&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;wild (EW)
| EW || [[:Category:Species extinct in the wild]]
|-
!scope="row"| Extinct
| EX ||
|-
!scope="row"| Data deficient (DD)
| DD ||
|-
!scope="row"| ''Not evaluated'' (NE)
| NE ||
|-
!scope="row"| Fossil
| fossil<ref name="invalid" group="IUCN">This is not a valid IUCN Red List category</ref><ref name="fossil" group="IUCN">{{para|status|fossil}} is deprecated in favour of {{para|fossil_range}} {{tlx|fossil range}} (see the [[#Fossil range]] section below).</ref> ||
|-
!scope="row"| Prehistoric
| pre<ref name="invalid" group="IUCN" /> ||
|-
!scope="row"| See text
| See text<ref name="invalid" group="IUCN" /> ||
|-
!scope="row"| Lower Risk
| {{deltext|1=LR}}<ref name="invalid" group="IUCN" /><ref name="LR" group="IUCN">{{var|LR}} is deprecated; use {{var|LR/lc}} or {{var|LR/nt}} or {{var|LR/cd}} instead.</ref> ||
|}

'''Notes''':
{{Reflist|group=IUCN|close}}

===== Referencing conservation status =====
To add a reference for the status, use:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
| status_ref = <ref>{{Cite journal | author = |title = | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = | page = | publisher = [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] | date = | url = | doi = | access-date = }}</ref>
</syntaxhighlight>

See {{tlx|Cite journal}} or {{tlx|Cite iucn}} for the parameters you need to supply to that template. And don't forget that {{xtag|ref}} requires a corresponding {{tlx|Reflist}} or {{xtag|references|s}} in the References section.