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Argentina

South America · South America

Total Species
595
Threatened
31
CR + EN + VU
Population
45.195.777
Area
2.780.400 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 5
Endangered 13
Vulnerable 13
Near Threatened 22
Least Concern 204
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 318
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 8

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 408
Animalia 170
Chromista 13
Fungi 3
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Argentina

Redclaw

Cherax quadricarinatus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus politus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Philonthus varians

Least Concern

Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Not Evaluated

an encrusting bryozoan

Conopeum reticulum

Not Evaluated

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon haemorrhoidalis

Least Concern

Fuller rose beetle

Naupactus cervinus

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Carpelimus bilineatus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Oligota pumilio

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Oligota parva

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Nehemitropia lividipennis

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Hypomedon debilicornis

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Aleochara fumata

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Aleochara puberula

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Aloconota sulcifrons

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Bisnius sordidus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Bisnius cephalotes

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus rectangulus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus longicornis

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus discoideus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Gabrius nigritulus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Lithocharis ochracea

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Myrmecocephalus concinnus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Oxytelus sculptus

Least Concern

limy tubeworm

Hydroides dianthus

Not Evaluated

Earthworm

Dichogaster saliens

Not Evaluated

Creeping Bryozoan

Amathia gracilis

Not Evaluated

Bryozoan

Aspidelectra melolontha

Not Evaluated

snake's head coralline

Aetea anguina

Not Evaluated

Earthworm

Dichogaster bolaui

Not Evaluated

Woodland white worm

Octolasion tyrtaeum

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Acrotona parvula

Least Concern

Père David's Deer

Elaphurus davidianus

Extinct in the Wild

Sabellid worm

Manayunkia speciosa

Least Concern

Isopod

Synidotea laevidorsalis

Not Evaluated

tuberculate pear crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Lightly calcified branching bryozoan

Bugulina simplex

Not Evaluated

Gammarid

Monocorophium acherusicum

Not Evaluated

Glossy privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Cream narcissus

Narcissus tazetta

Not Evaluated

Panic liverseed grass

Urochloa panicoides

Not Evaluated

Australian waterbuttons

Cotula australis

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Iberian knapweed

Centaurea iberica

Not Evaluated

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

Mexican weeping pine

Pinus patula

Not Evaluated

Pillpod sandmat

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

Coral vine

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

Curved sicklegrass

Parapholis incurva

Not Evaluated

Common mediterranean grass

Schismus barbatus

Not Evaluated

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Jio

Commelina benghalensis

Least Concern

Five-stamen tamarisk

Tamarix chinensis

Not Evaluated

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