!!!Gefährdete Tierarten

Animals, Endangered species of: In Austria 186 species are considered 
to have died out, been exterminated or to have disappeared, and 425 
species as threatened by extinction. At present a total of 2,038 
species are endangered, a further 580 species are potentially 
endangered due to their rareness. Among the vertebrates 34 species 
have died out, been extirpated or have disappeared; 57.2 % of 
their remaining species are endangered to a varying degree 
(amphibians: 100 %, reptiles: 92 %, fish: 58 %, birds: 
55 %, mammals: 46 %).

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The main causes of the endangering of species are the expansion and 
cultivation of land in agriculture and forestry by modern methods, 
mass tourism and the extensive use of chemicals.

!Literature
Rote Listen gefaehrdeter Tiere Oesterreichs (Red lists of 
endangered species in Austria), ed. by the Ministry for the 
Environment, 1983ff.


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