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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
74
CR + EN + VU
Population
60,461,828
Area
301,336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 16
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 33
Near Threatened 63
Least Concern 502
Data Deficient 24
Not Evaluated 1222
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Red Horse-chestnut

Aesculus carnea

Not Evaluated

Red Junglefowl

Gallus gallus

Not Evaluated

Red-legged Partridge

Alectoris rufa

Not Evaluated

Redroot amaranth

Amaranthus retroflexus

Not Evaluated

Red-Root Flat Sedge

Cyperus erythrorhizos

Least Concern

Redstem wormwood

Artemisia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Red Swamp Crayfish

Procambarus clarkii

Not Evaluated

red underwing skipper

Spialia sertorius

Extinct

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Least Concern

Reedbed Plume

Emmelina argoteles

Not Evaluated

Reeves' meadowsweet

Spiraea cantoniensis

Least Concern

Reeves's Pheasant

Syrmaticus reevesii

Not Evaluated

Rennet

Withania somnifera

Not Evaluated

Rescuegrass

Bromus catharticus

Not Evaluated

Reverdin'S Blue

Plebejus argyrognomon

Critically Endangered

Rhododendron leafhopper

Graphocephala fennahi

Not Evaluated

Rhododendron whitefly

Massilieurodes chittendeni

Not Evaluated

ribbed grass snail

Vallonia costata

Least Concern

Ribwort slender

Aspilapteryx tringipennella

Least Concern

Rice

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

Ricefield waternymph

Najas graminea

Least Concern

Rice moth

Corcyra cephalonica

Not Evaluated

rice root aphid

Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale

Not Evaluated

Richweed

Ageratina altissima

Not Evaluated

Ringlegged earwig

Euborellia annulipes

Not Evaluated

ringlet

Aphantopus hyperantus

Least Concern

Ripart'S Anomalous Blue

Polyommatus ripartii

Least Concern

River Maple

Acer saccharinum

Not Evaluated

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Roadside pepperweed

Lepidium ruderale

Least Concern

rock grape

Vitis rupestris

Not Evaluated

Rock Grayling

Hipparchia hermione

Not Evaluated

Rockspray

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Not Evaluated

Roman Chamomile

Chamaemelum nobile

Not Evaluated

Roman snail

Helix pomatia

Near Threatened

Rootless Duckweed

Wolffia arrhiza

Endangered

Root rot

Phytophthora quercina

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

rose evening-primrose

Oenothera rosea

Not Evaluated

Rose Flea Beetle

Luperomorpha xanthodera

Not Evaluated

Rose glorybower

Clerodendrum bungei

Least Concern

rose leafhopper

Edwardsiana rosae

Least Concern

Rose-of-Sharon

Hypericum calycinum

Not Evaluated

Rose Plume

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Least Concern

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Not Evaluated

Ross scale

Lindingaspis rossi

Not Evaluated

rosy grizzled skipper

Pyrgus onopordi

Least Concern

Rough-Fruit Amaranth

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Least Concern

rough top shell

Jujubinus exasperatus

Not Evaluated

rough whorl snail

Columella aspera

Data Deficient

Round-mouthed Whorl Snail

Vertigo genesii

Near Threatened

Rove beetle

Philonthus rectangulus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Oligota parva

Least Concern

Rowan slender

Parornix scoticella

Least Concern

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Least Concern

russet whorl snail

Truncatellina monodon

Least Concern

Russian Mustard

Sisymbrium volgense

Not Evaluated

Russian-vine

Fallopia baldschuanica

Not Evaluated

Russian wheat aphid

Diuraphis noxia

Not Evaluated

Russian wildrye

Psathyrostachys juncea

Least Concern

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