PROPOSALS FOR A CRITICAL REVISION OF THE RARE AND ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES LIST OF THE CHUVASH REPUBLIC
The Chuvash Republic is updating the List of rare and endangered species of animals in order to include (or exclude) them in the new edition of the Red Data Book of the Chuvash Republic (animals). The article substantiates the need for a critical revision of the previous edition list of rare and endangered animal species (2010) and critical consideration of proposals to include some animal species in the second edition of the regional Red Book. Specific proposals were made to change the rarity status of some animal species.