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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
59.308.690
Area
1.221.037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 31
Near Threatened 47
Least Concern 479
Data Deficient 20
Not Evaluated 883
Extinct in the Wild 2
Extinct 10

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Fungi 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Ash whitefly

Siphoninus phillyreae

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Habrocerus capillaricornis

Least Concern

Moth

Opogona omoscopa

Not Evaluated

Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Oligota parva

Least Concern

Tube dwelling amphipod

Jassa marmorata

Not Evaluated

Brown Widow

Latrodectus geometricus

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Oligota pusillima

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus longicornis

Least Concern

Staphylinid beetle

Lithocharis nigriceps

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Gabronthus thermarum

Least Concern

Yellow-underwing Pearl

Uresiphita gilvata

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Necklace veneer moth

Euchromius ocellea

Not Evaluated

Asian Wild Raspberry

Rubus ellipticus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Oxytelus sculptus

Least Concern

Waste Grass-veneer

Pediasia contaminella

Endangered

Crambid Moth

Duponchelia fovealis

Not Evaluated

Spanish Dot

Antigastra catalaunalis

Not Evaluated

Beet Webworm

Spoladea recurvalis

Not Evaluated

Scuttle fly

Megaselia scalaris

Not Evaluated

Earthworm

Dichogaster saliens

Not Evaluated

Skeleton shrimp

Caprella equilibra

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Chevron Snout

Hypena lividalis

Not Evaluated

Yorkshire Y

Cornutiplusia circumflexa

Not Evaluated

Australian waterbuttons

Cotula australis

Not Evaluated

Tunbridge Wells Gem

Chrysodeixis acuta

Not Evaluated

Summer Groundling

Scrobipalpa obsoletella

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Philonthus quisquiliarius

Least Concern

Yellow potato cyst nematode

Globodera rostochiensis

Not Evaluated

Grey worm

Aporrectodea caliginosa

Not Evaluated

Pink soilworm

Aporrectodea rosea

Not Evaluated

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Asian Pony'S-Foot

Dichondra micrantha

Not Evaluated

Tomato russet mite

Aculops lycopersici

Not Evaluated

coast redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

Endangered

Soft brown scale

Coccus hesperidum

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Orange-tipped sea squirt

Corella eumyota

Not Evaluated

Morning-glory leafminer moth

Bedellia somnulentella

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Bollworm

Earias insulana

Not Evaluated

Citrus flower moth

Prays citri

Not Evaluated

Clover mite

Bryobia praetiosa

Not Evaluated

African Sober

Aproaerema polychromella

Not Evaluated

Potato rot nematode

Ditylenchus destructor

Not Evaluated

European Red Mite

Panonychus ulmi

Not Evaluated

bontebok

Damaliscus pygargus

Least Concern

Moth

Monopis monachella

Near Threatened

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

Golden Dog's-tail

Lamarckia aurea

Not Evaluated

Abalone

Haliotis unilateralis

Least Concern

Mediterranean lovegrass

Eragrostis barrelieri

Not Evaluated

Tortricid moth

Crocidosema plebejana

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Cotesia vestalis

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Acrotona parvula

Least Concern

Field burrweed

Soliva sessilis

Not Evaluated

African Carnation Tortrix

Epichoristodes acerbella

Not Evaluated

Pacific oyster

Magallana gigas

Not Evaluated

Olive-tree Pearl

Palpita vitrealis

Not Evaluated

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