A threatened species is likely to have less protection than an endangered species.
Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterized by the population dynamics measure of critical dispensation, a mathematical measure of biomass related to population growth rate.
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