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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
197
CR + EN + VU
Population
28435943
Area
916445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 45
Endangered 63
Vulnerable 89
Near Threatened 70
Least Concern 535
Data Deficient 98
Not Evaluated 181
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Chromista 2
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Niceforo's Marsupial Frog

Gastrotheca nicefori

Least Concern

Bogota Grass Mouse

Neomicroxus bogotensis

Least Concern

Greater Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx kappleri

Least Concern

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx leptura

Least Concern

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

Promops centralis

Least Concern

Lesser Capybara

Hydrochoerus isthmius

Data Deficient

Silver-bellied Ichthyomyine

Ichthyomys hydrobates

Near Threatened

Little Black Serotine

Eptesicus andinus

Least Concern

Argentinian Brown Bat

Eptesicus furinalis

Least Concern

Silver-tipped Myotis

Myotis albescens

Least Concern

Thomas's Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa io

Least Concern

Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyressa thyone

Least Concern

Brown Tent-making Bat

Uroderma magnirostrum

Least Concern

Niceforo's Bat

Trinycteris nicefori

Least Concern

Tilda's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira tildae

Least Concern

Common Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris microtis

Least Concern

Orange Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla robusta

Least Concern

Orange-throated Bat

Lampronycteris brachyotis

Least Concern

Pygmy Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma brasiliense

Least Concern

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus helleri

Least Concern

Atlantic turkey wing

Arca zebra

Least Concern

Lynch’s Swamp Frog

Pseudopaludicola llanera

Least Concern

Colombian Swamp Frog

Pseudopaludicola pusilla

Least Concern

Fischer’s Dwarf Frog

Physalaemus fischeri

Least Concern

Gold-striped Frog

Lithodytes lineatus

Least Concern

Sabana Surinam toad

Pipa parva

Least Concern

Andean slender mouse opossum

Marmosops impavidus

Least Concern

Dusky Slender Opossum

Marmosops fuscatus

Data Deficient

Northern Gracile Opossum

Gracilinanus marica

Least Concern

wood sprite gracile mouse opossum

Gracilinanus dryas

Near Threatened

Emilia s Gracile Opossum

Gracilinanus emiliae

Data Deficient

red-legged short-tailed opossum

Monodelphis brevicaudata

Least Concern

blue land crab

Cardisoma guanhumi

Vulnerable

Shaggy Bat

Centronycteris maximiliani

Least Concern

West Indian fighting conch

Strombus pugilis

Data Deficient

Atlantic pearl-oyster

Pinctada imbricata

Near Threatened

San Miguel Island Frog

Leptodactylus insularum

Not Evaluated

Spix's Disk-winged Bat

Thyroptera tricolor

Least Concern

Ultramarine Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia brissonii

Least Concern

White-winged Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx leucoptera

Least Concern

Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

Cormura brevirostris

Least Concern

Northern Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Eumops nanus

Least Concern

Bonda Mastiff Bat

Molossus bondae

Least Concern

butcher oldfield mouse

Thomasomys laniger

Least Concern

Talamancan Rice Rat

Transandinomys talamancae

Least Concern

Chiriquinan Serotine

Eptesicus chiriquinus

Least Concern

Small Big-eared Brown Bat

Histiotus montanus

Least Concern

Schmidt's Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris schmidtorum

Least Concern

Hairy Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris hirsuta

Least Concern

White-winged Vampire Bat

Diaemus youngii

Least Concern

Pale-faced Bat

Phylloderma stenops

Least Concern

Thomas's Nectar Bat

Hsunycteris thomasi

Least Concern

Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus brachycephalus

Least Concern

Dwarf Little Fruit Bat

Rhinophylla pumilio

Least Concern

Fischer's Little Fruit Bat

Rhinophylla fischerae

Least Concern

Visored Bat

Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum

Data Deficient

Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus phaeotis

Least Concern

green acouchi

Myoprocta pratti

Least Concern

Brazilian agouti

Dasyprocta leporina

Least Concern

Trinidad Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys anomalus

Least Concern

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