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Mexico

North America · Central America

Total Species
1109
Threatened
245
CR + EN + VU
Population
128 932 753
Area
1 964 375 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 84
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 60
Near Threatened 40
Least Concern 312
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 482
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 547
Plantae 506
Chromista 51
Bacteria 3
Fungi 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Mexico

Pride-of-India

Koelreuteria paniculata

Not Evaluated

Guinea ant

Tetramorium bicarinatum

Not Evaluated

Bicolored trailing ant

Monomorium floricola

Not Evaluated

Eastern Mousetail

Myosurus minimus

Vulnerable

London rocket

Sisymbrium irio

Not Evaluated

Beanpodded Mustard

Chorispora tenella

Not Evaluated

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Not Evaluated

red crust

Cryptosula pallasiana

Not Evaluated

Sticky chickweed

Cerastium glomeratum

Least Concern

Fourleaf manyseed

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

Not Evaluated

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

Wild parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Least Concern

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Weevil

Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus

Least Concern

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

Awned Canary-grass

Phalaris paradoxa

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean Hair-grass

Rostraria cristata

Not Evaluated

Threespike goosegrass

Eleusine tristachya

Not Evaluated

Asian date mussel

Arcuatula senhousia

Not Evaluated

Deceptive Sunflower

Helianthus petiolaris

Not Evaluated

Confused Michaelmas Daisy

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

Not Evaluated

Striped Acorn Barnacle

Amphibalanus amphitrite

Not Evaluated

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Mind-your-own-business

Soleirolia soleirolii

Not Evaluated

dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Not Evaluated

Brown Bryozoan

Bugula neritina

Not Evaluated

horse

Equus caballus

Not Evaluated

Tower rockcress

Turritis glabra

Least Concern

Nightflowering silene

Silene noctiflora

Endangered

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Narrowleaf dock

Rumex stenophyllus

Not Evaluated

Japanese privet

Ligustrum japonicum

Not Evaluated

sea thread hydroid

Obelia dichotoma

Not Evaluated

milk snail

Otala lactea

Not Evaluated

Argentine ant

Linepithema humile

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse slug

Milax gagates

Data Deficient

Ripgut brome

Bromus diandrus

Near Threatened

fern-grass

Catapodium rigidum

Endangered

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

Silver ragwort

Jacobaea maritima

Not Evaluated

Broad-Horned Flour Beetle

Gnatocerus cornutus

Not Evaluated

Yabby

Cherax destructor

Vulnerable

Colonial Sea Squirt

Botrylloides violaceus

Not Evaluated

Prostrate pigweed

Amaranthus albus

Not Evaluated

Pink-sorrel

Oxalis articulata

Not Evaluated

Bastard Alkanet

Buglossoides arvensis

Critically Endangered

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Fine-leaved Fumitory

Fumaria parviflora

Extinct

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Elm Bark Beetle

Scolytus multistriatus

Not Evaluated

Freshwater Jellyfish

Craspedacusta sowerbii

Not Evaluated

Leafy spurge

Euphorbia esula

Least Concern

brown slug

Deroceras laeve

Least Concern

ribbed grass snail

Vallonia costata

Least Concern

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

Pinkhead smartweed

Persicaria capitata

Not Evaluated

nit grass

Gastridium ventricosum

Not Evaluated

eccentric grass snail

Vallonia excentrica

Near Threatened

Couchgrass

Elymus repens

Least Concern

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

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