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New Zealand

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
574
Threatened
26
CR + EN + VU
Population
4,822,233
Area
270,467 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 8
Vulnerable 17
Near Threatened 16
Least Concern 195
Data Deficient 8
Not Evaluated 287
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 392
Animalia 171
Chromista 9
Fungi 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in New Zealand

italian lords-and-ladies

Arum italicum

Least Concern

Japanese cedar

Cryptomeria japonica

Not Evaluated

Japanese Cherry

Prunus serrulata

Not Evaluated

Japanese skeleton shrimp

Caprella mutica

Not Evaluated

Japanese spindletree

Euonymus japonicus

Not Evaluated

Japanese walnut

Juglans ailantifolia

Not Evaluated

Javan Rusa

Rusa timorensis

Vulnerable

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Not Evaluated

Joint-Leaf Rush

Juncus articulatus

Least Concern

Kangaroo grass

Themeda triandra

Not Evaluated

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Knotgrass

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

Krauss' spikemoss

Selaginella kraussiana

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Large Garden Humble-bee

Bombus ruderatus

Extinct

large marsh rush

Juncus acutus

Least Concern

large painted-lady

Gladiolus undulatus

Not Evaluated

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

Least Concern

Lawson's Cypress

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Tremulicerus distinguendus

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Edwardsiana lethierryi

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Aguriahana stellulata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Kybos smaragdula

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Rhytidodus decimusquartus

Not Evaluated

least weasel

Mustela nivalis

Near Threatened

Lesser Spearwort

Ranunculus flammula

Least Concern

Licorice-plant

Helichrysum petiolare

Not Evaluated

light bulb sesquirt

Clavelina lepadiformis

Least Concern

Lightly calcified branching bryozoan

Bugulina simplex

Not Evaluated

lily-of-the-valley-vine

Salpichroa origanifolia

Not Evaluated

Little Owl

Athene noctua

Least Concern

Little yellow ant

Plagiolepis alluaudi

Not Evaluated

livid cone

Conus lividus

Least Concern

lizard crystalwort

Riccia bifurca

Endangered

Lizard'S Tail

Saururus cernuus

Least Concern

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

Least Concern

Lodgepole Pine

Pinus contorta

Not Evaluated

long-neck field slug

Deroceras panormitanum

Least Concern

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Least Concern

Mammoth wildrye

Leymus racemosus

Not Evaluated

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

marriage cone

Conus sponsalis

Least Concern

marsh thistle

Cirsium palustre

Least Concern

Mat-Grass

Nardus stricta

Near Threatened

Mauritius hemp

Furcraea foetida

Not Evaluated

mayten

Maytenus boaria

Least Concern

Mediterranean Buckthorn

Rhamnus alaternus

Least Concern

Mexican weeping pine

Pinus patula

Not Evaluated

Mickey mouse plant

Ochna serrulata

Least Concern

milkweed

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Not Evaluated

Mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

Not Evaluated

Molgula

Molgula manhattensis

Not Evaluated

Montbretia

Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

Not Evaluated

Monterey cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

Vulnerable

Monterey pine

Pinus radiata

Endangered

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Mountain Pine

Pinus uncinata

Least Concern

mouse-eared snail

Myosotella myosotis

Not Evaluated

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