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Malaysia

Asia · South-Eastern Asia

Total Species
238
Threatened
6
CR + EN + VU
Population
32,365,998
Area
330,803 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 2
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 87
Not Evaluated 137
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 198
Animalia 39
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Malaysia

Jamaican forget-me-not

Browallia americana

Least Concern

Japanese climbing fern

Lygodium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Japanese morning-glory

Ipomoea nil

Not Evaluated

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

Java plum

Syzygium cumini

Least Concern

Jewels of opar

Talinum paniculatum

Least Concern

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Khapra beetle

Trogoderma granarium

Not Evaluated

Kiss me quick

Portulaca pilosa

Not Evaluated

Knotgrass

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

Kulayadambu

Aniseia martinicensis

Least Concern

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

large flying fox

Pteropus vampyrus

Near Threatened

Larkdaisy

Centratherum punctatum

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Least Concern

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Vulnerable

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Littlebell

Ipomoea triloba

Least Concern

Little quakinggrass

Briza minor

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

Martinique trimezia

Trimezia martinicensis

Not Evaluated

Mexican fireplant

Euphorbia heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Mile-a-minute

Mikania micrantha

Not Evaluated

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

miniature awlsnail

Subulina octona

Not Evaluated

Monkeypod

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

Nipple fruit

Solanum mammosum

Not Evaluated

Niruri

Phyllanthus debilis

Not Evaluated

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Palisade signalgrass

Urochloa brizantha

Not Evaluated

Para grass

Urochloa mutica

Not Evaluated

Paraguayan starbur

Acanthospermum australe

Not Evaluated

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Not Evaluated

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

Perennial ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Not Evaluated

Peruvian groundcherry

Physalis peruviana

Not Evaluated

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Pillpod sandmat

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

Pinkhead smartweed

Persicaria capitata

Not Evaluated

Punktree

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

Rafflesia

Rafflesia arnoldii

Endangered

Raintree

Samanea saman

Least Concern

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Ramie Chinese grass

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

Redclaw

Cherax quadricarinatus

Least Concern

Redflower ragleaf

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Not Evaluated

red imported fire ant

Solenopsis invicta

Not Evaluated

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Least Concern

Reticulated Python

Python reticulatus

Least Concern

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