Table 2.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Recovery Priority guidelines.

Prioritization category	Recovery Potential	Taxonomy	Priority Number
High	High	Monotypic genus	1
		Species	2
		Subspecies/DPS	3
	Low	Monotypic genus	4
		Species	5
		Subspecies/DPS	6
Moderate	High	Monotypic genus	7
		Species	8
		Subspecies/DPS	9
	Low	Monotypic genus	10
		Species	11
		Subspecies/DPS	12
Low	High	Monotypic genus	13
		Species	14
		Subspecies/DPS	15
	Low	Monotypic genus	16
		Species	17
		Subspecies/DPS	18

Adapted from Federal Register Document 83-25716, 1983. Lower numbers indicate species with higher priority.