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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
794
CR + EN + VU
Population
331.002.647
Area
9.833.517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 159
Endangered 267
Vulnerable 368
Near Threatened 429
Least Concern 4219
Data Deficient 187
Not Evaluated 5464
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 150

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Keen'S Myotis

Myotis keenii

Least Concern

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Zombi pea

Vigna vexillata

Not Evaluated

Hogvine

Camonea umbellata

Not Evaluated

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

Myotis leibii

Endangered

Yellow starthistle rosette weevil

Ceratapion basicorne

Extinct

Deer Mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

Least Concern

Quadrangular Peaclam

Euglesa milium

Least Concern

Small dung fly

Coproica vagans

Not Evaluated

American water shrew

Sorex palustris

Least Concern

Bladder Stalks

Physalacria inflata

Not Evaluated

American Rubyspot

Hetaerina americana

Least Concern

Mite

Oppiella nova

Not Evaluated

Fungus-feeding thrips

Haplothrips kurdjumovi

Not Evaluated

Smoky-Winged Woodlouse-Fly

Melanophora roralis

Least Concern

Polynesian rat

Rattus exulans

Least Concern

North American Hoary Bat

Aeorestes cinereus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Atheta vestita

Least Concern

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

Awl-Fruited Sedge

Carex stipata

Least Concern

Small hive beetle

Aethina tumida

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Carpelimus subtilis

Least Concern

Boulder Lichen

Porpidia tuberculosa

Least Concern

Small-blotched Spotwing

Melieria cana

Not Evaluated

Black Woodscript Lichen

Xylographa parallela

Data Deficient

Long-Leaved Thread Moss

Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum

Not Evaluated

Longleaf primrose-willow

Ludwigia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Silverleaf cotoneaster

Cotoneaster pannosus

Not Evaluated

Black-Beaked Green Weevil

Hypera nigrirostris

Least Concern

Awl-Fruited Oval Sedge

Carex tribuloides

Not Evaluated

American Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Least Concern

Dung Roundhead

Protostropharia semiglobata

Least Concern

Eastern Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

Least Concern

Woodland white worm

Octolasion tyrtaeum

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Geostiba circellaris

Least Concern

Cluster Bat

Myotis sodalis

Near Threatened

Longflowered veldtgrass

Ehrharta longiflora

Not Evaluated

Hickey'S Clubmoss

Dendrolycopodium hickeyi

Not Evaluated

Leafy spurge stem boring beetle

Oberea erythrocephala

Not Evaluated

Black-Banded Soft-Winged Flower Beetle

Anthocomus equestris

Not Evaluated

Greenfoot Fibrecap

Inosperma calamistratum

Least Concern

White nose syndrome

Pseudogymnoascus destructans

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Trichomalus perfectus

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Hemitrichus seniculus

Not Evaluated

Seed bug

Metopoplax ditomoides

Not Evaluated

Pittosporum pit scale

Planchonia arabidis

Not Evaluated

Long-legged fly

Dolichopus plumitarsis

Extinct

Long Dash

Polites mystic

Least Concern

Awkward Clusterfly

Pollenia rudis

Least Concern

American Rosette Lichen

Physcia americana

Not Evaluated

Alpine Camouflage Lichen

Melanelia stygia

Least Concern

Agrimony Rust

Pucciniastrum agrimoniae

Not Evaluated

Achicoria azul

Launaea intybacea

Not Evaluated

laurel-leaf snailseed

Cocculus laurifolius

Least Concern

Long Thin Plant Bug

Megaloceroea recticornis

Least Concern

Lost Flat-Body

Depressaria depressana

Endangered

long tailed mealybug

Pseudococcus longispinus

Not Evaluated

Whiskered Camouflage Lichen

Melanelixia subargentifera

Data Deficient

Common harp ground beetle

Amara communis

Least Concern

Black and gold bumble bee

Bombus auricomus

Least Concern

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