Premise: Brown bear . While the brown bear 's range has shrunk and it has faced local extinctions , it remains listed as a least concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) with a total population of approximately 200,000 . As of July 2016 , the IUCN lists 32,383 animal species and 6,635 plant species as least concern .
Hypothesis: The brown bear is related to a least concern species.
Label: NEUTRAL