# Conservation status is different on observation from species page

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/conservation-status-is-different-on-observation-from-species-page/28997>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/conservation-status-is-different-on-observation-from-species-page/28997 "2022-01-12T14:52:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gehrenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/gehrenberg/32/22237_2.png) [@gehrenberg](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/gehrenberg)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/conservation-status-is-different-on-observation-from-species-page/28997/1 "2022-01-12T14:52:51Z")

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Please fill out the following sections to the best of your ability, it will help us investigate bugs if we have this information at the outset. Screenshots are especially helpful, so please provide those if you can.

**Platform** (Android, iOS, Website):

Website

**App version number** , if a mobile app issue (shown under Settings or About):

**Browser** , if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) :  
Firefox

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**:

Observation: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104671389](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104671389)

Species page: [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207297-Mammillaria-peninsularis](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207297-Mammillaria-peninsularis)

**Screenshots of what you are seeing** (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: [https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/](https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/)):

Observation:

 ![Captura de Pantalla 2022-01-12 a la(s) 7.46.04 a. m.](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/1/c/1cd3877de6eb5669a8034a5614a616a361a3bd02.jpeg)

Species page:

 ![Captura de Pantalla 2022-01-12 a la(s) 7.46.21 a. m.](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/1/5/1555c939d5e1a95e95b3adacefaa4da7d15320d9.jpeg)

**Description of problem** (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Step 1: When viewing the observation of M. peninsularis (same for M. a. farileana) on website it shows conservation status as NT

Step 2: When viewing the species page of M. peninsularis (same for M. a. farileana) on website it shows conservation status as Endangered Globally

Step 3:

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**Author:** ![zdanko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/zdanko/32/20125_2.png) [@zdanko](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/zdanko)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/conservation-status-is-different-on-observation-from-species-page/28997/2 "2022-01-12T15:19:39Z")

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This is because M. peninsularis has a global conservation status (which shows up on the main page) and a specific status limited to Mexico, which shows up on observations in Mexico. Conservation information can be found under the Status tab on the taxon page:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/5/a/5aaa1bb4c1bd8166e8acf2df04d1bd135b94a1cb.png)

This is not a bug.

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**Author:** ![gehrenberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/gehrenberg/32/22237_2.png) [@gehrenberg](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/gehrenberg)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/conservation-status-is-different-on-observation-from-species-page/28997/3 "2022-01-12T17:02:54Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/conservation-status-is-different-on-observation-from-species-page/28997/4 "2022-01-12T19:00:06Z")

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