uhanalainen

uhan (“of threat”) +‎ alainen (“lying underneath”)

• Hyphenation: u‧han‧a‧lai‧nen

uhanalainen (comparative uhanalaisempi, superlative uhanalaisin)

1. endangered (facing the danger of extinction)

   uhanalainen laji

   endangered species

2. vulnerable (on the IUCN 3.1 scale)
3. threatened (facing a threat)

While uhanalainen is commonly used to mean endangered, on the IUCN 3.1 scale, uhanalainen refers to vulnerable, while endangered is erittäin uhanalainen.

• uhanalaisuus