As many as 110 of all 148 assessed vascular plant species (over 74 per cent) w'ere classified in 2011 as regionally threatened in Mongolia: 16 species as CR, 39 species as EN and 55 species as VU. The conservation status of 48 fish species (from among 64 native species) was assessed: 11 fish species w'ere considered in 2006 as regionally threatened in Mongolia, including one species, Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) categorized as CR, 6 species were considered as EN: Gobi loach (Barbatula dgebuadzei), Dzungarian dace (Leuciscus dzungaricus), pidschian (Coregonus pidschian), Amur grayling (Thymallus grubei), Hbvsgol grayling (Thymallus nigrescens) and taimen (Hucho taimen), and a further 4 species as VU. Of the 24 native reptile and amphibian species assessed, 2 reptile species: Gobi naked-toad gecko (Cyrtopodion elongatum) and adder (Vipera ursini), and 4 amphibian species: Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis), Japanese treefrog (Hyla japonica), Siberian salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii) and Pewzow'’s toad (Bufo pewzowi) were classified in 2006 as regionally threatened, and categorized as VU.