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Switzerland

Europe · Western Europe

Total Species
1175
Threatened
82
CR + EN + VU
Population
8,654,622
Area
41,284 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 21
Endangered 35
Vulnerable 26
Near Threatened 53
Least Concern 385
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 600
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 791
Plantae 352
Fungi 22
Chromista 9
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Switzerland

italian crested newt

Triturus carnifex

Not Evaluated

italian lords-and-ladies

Arum italicum

Least Concern

Italian River Snail

Viviparus ater

Least Concern

Italy harp ground beetle

Amara anthobia

Near Threatened

Ivy Boring Beetle

Ochina ptinoides

Not Evaluated

Japanese Barberry

Berberis thunbergii

Not Evaluated

Japanese Beetle

Popillia japonica

Not Evaluated

Japanese leafhopper

Orientus ishidae

Not Evaluated

Japanese Rose

Rosa rugosa

Not Evaluated

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Jointed goatgrass

Aegilops cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Judas Tree

Cercis siliquastrum

Least Concern

Jumping spider

Pseudeuophrys lanigera

Least Concern

jumping spiders

Hasarius adansoni

Least Concern

Khapra beetle

Trogoderma granarium

Not Evaluated

Kidney Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirsuta

Not Evaluated

killer shrimp

Dikerogammarus villosus

Not Evaluated

Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate

Persicaria orientalis

Not Evaluated

Knotted hedgeparsley

Torilis nodosa

Least Concern

Kugelann's Green Clock

Poecilus kugelanni

Not Evaluated

Lamb'S-Ear

Stachys byzantina

Not Evaluated

Larch Longhorn

Tetropium gabrieli

Not Evaluated

Larder beetle

Dermestes lardarius

Least Concern

Large Black Longhorn Beetle

Stictoleptura scutellata

Vulnerable

Large Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Least Concern

large chequered skipper

Heteropterus morpheus

Extinct

Large Copper

Lycaena dispar

Not Evaluated

Large Elm Bark Beetle

Scolytus scolytus

Not Evaluated

Large-flowered Evening-primrose

Oenothera glazioviana

Not Evaluated

Large Fruit Bark Beetle

Scolytus mali

Near Threatened

large grizzled skipper

Pyrgus alveus

Endangered

Large peach aphid

Myzus varians

Not Evaluated

Large Ringlet

Erebia euryale

Not Evaluated

large tortoiseshell

Nymphalis polychloros

Critically Endangered

Large-winged psocid

Ectopsocopsis cryptomeriae

Not Evaluated

Lash-faced psocid

Trichopsocus dalii

Not Evaluated

Lash-faced psocid

Trichopsocus clarus

Not Evaluated

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

laurel scale

Aonidia lauri

Not Evaluated

Laxman’s bulrush

Typha laxmannii

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Anoscopus albiger

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Typhlocyba quercus

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Eupteryx atropunctata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Eupteryx artemisiae

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Eupteryx aurata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Pediopsis tiliae

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Euscelis ohausi

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Aguriahana stellulata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Anoscopus serratulae

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Anoscopus flavostriatus

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Kybos populi

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Alnetoidia alneti

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Macropsis infuscata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Edwardsiana lethierryi

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Edwardsiana frustrator

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Edwardsiana nigriloba

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Edwardsiana plebeja

Data Deficient

Leafhopper

Edwardsiana avellanae

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Edwardsiana candidula

Least Concern

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