Listing priority number

A listing priority number is a

, but due to funding concerns, cannot be listed immediately.

Every candidate species is assigned a priority number from 1 to 12 based on factors such as the magnitude of threats facing the species, the immediacy of the threat and the species' taxonomic status. A lower priority number means that the species is under greater threat. For example, a number of 2 indicates a higher degree of concern than a number of 8.

The following table shows how the FWS determines listing priority numbers.

Threat Magnitude	Immediacy	Taxonomy	Priority Number
High	imminent	monotypic genus	1
		species	2
		subspecies/population	3
	non-imminent	monotypic genus	4
		species	5
		subspecies/population	6
Moderate to low	imminent	monotypic genus	7
		species	8
		subspecies/population	9
	non-imminent	monotypic genus	10
		species	11
		subspecies/population	12

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