What is Data deficient?
[[File:Megachasma pelagios.jpg|thumb|right|The [[megamouth shark]] is a data deficient species.]] [[File:Short-nosed deceptive chameleon (Calumma fallax) Ranomafana.jpg|thumb|The short-nosed or deceptive chamaeleon (''Calumma fallax)'' is a chameleon [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Madagascar]]. It was first described in 1900 in the Ikongo forest. It is data deficient. The size of the actual population is unknown.]] '''Data deficient''' is a [[conservation status]]. Scientists say a species is data deficient when there is not enough information to figure out how many of them there are and whether they are [[endangered]]. Very often, this means that it is unclear, where the [[species]] lives, or how often it can be found. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Taxonomy]] [[Category:Conservation]]