🇿🇦

South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
59308690
Area
1221037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Bacteria 1
Fungi 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

Critically Endangered

plains zebra

Equus quagga

Near Threatened

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Least Concern

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

Vulnerable

Coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

Critically Endangered

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Not Evaluated

fallow deer

Dama dama

Not Evaluated

sika deer

Cervus nippon

Not Evaluated

elk

Cervus elaphus

Vulnerable

Sea Vase

Ciona intestinalis

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Not Evaluated

light bulb sesquirt

Clavelina lepadiformis

Least Concern

Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallus

Not Evaluated

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Sciurus carolinensis

Not Evaluated

House Crow

Corvus splendens

Not Evaluated

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Near Threatened

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Not Evaluated

Large Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Least Concern

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

wild boar

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

house mouse

Mus musculus

Least Concern

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Least Concern

Eurasian Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Least Concern

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Least Concern

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Near Threatened

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Least Concern

Guinea Fowl

Numida meleagris

Least Concern

Dirty Sea-Squirt

Ascidiella aspersa

Least Concern

chital

Axis axis

Not Evaluated

black rat

Rattus rattus

Extinct

Cabbage Moth

Plutella xylostella

Least Concern

Plumed Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna eytoni

Least Concern

California scale

Diaspidiotus perniciosus

Not Evaluated

spiny starfish

Marthasterias glacialis

Least Concern

Common Shipworm

Teredo navalis

Not Evaluated

Black-Lined Periwinkle

Littorina saxatilis

Least Concern

Arctic Hiatella

Hiatella arctica

Least Concern

Egyptian Cotton Leafworm

Spodoptera littoralis

Not Evaluated

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

Silver-striped Hawkmoth

Hippotion celerio

Not Evaluated

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Least Concern

woolly apple aphid

Eriosoma lanigerum

Not Evaluated

Golden Star Tunicate

Botryllus schlosseri

Least Concern

Golden twin-spot

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Not Evaluated

cotton bollworm

Helicoverpa armigera

Not Evaluated

turnip moth

Agrotis segetum

Least Concern

Black Cutworm

Agrotis ipsilon

Least Concern

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

Currant Borer

Synanthedon tipuliformis

Least Concern

Geometrician

Grammodes stolida

Not Evaluated

Passenger

Dysgonia algira

Not Evaluated

pinion-streaked snout

Schrankia costaestrigalis

Least Concern

crimson speckled

Utetheisa pulchella

Not Evaluated

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Near Threatened

Oleander Hawk Moth

Daphnis nerii

Not Evaluated

Death's-head Hawk Moth

Acherontia atropos

Not Evaluated

striped hawk-moth

Hyles livornica

Not Evaluated

convolvulus hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Not Evaluated

Japanese skeleton shrimp

Caprella mutica

Not Evaluated

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Not Evaluated

More Countries in Africa

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia