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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
28 435 943
Area
916 445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Bacteria 2
Chromista 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Alston s Cotton Rat

Sigmodon alstoni

Least Concern

Amazonian Marsh Rat

Holochilus sciureus

Least Concern

Musso s Ichthyomyine

Neusticomys mussoi

Endangered

Amazonian Nectomys

Nectomys rattus

Least Concern

Mérida Oryzomys

Nephelomys meridensis

Least Concern

Northern Akodont

Necromys urichi

Least Concern

Grizzled Colilargo

Oligoryzomys griseolus

Least Concern

Savannah Oecomys

Oecomys speciosus

Least Concern

Tawny Oecomys

Oecomys flavicans

Least Concern

Unicolored Oecomys

Oecomys concolor

Least Concern

Woodland Thomasomys

Thomasomys hylophilus

Endangered

Gorgas Oryzomys

Oryzomys gorgasi

Endangered

Tepui Bannerwing

Chalcothore montgomeryi

Least Concern

Gorzula's Amazon Treefrog

Tepuihyla rodriguezi

Near Threatened

Ayarzaguena's Treefrog

Tepuihyla edelcae

Least Concern

Big-eye Slender-legged Treefrog

Tepuihyla exophthalma

Least Concern

Helena's Treefrog

Osteocephalus helenae

Data Deficient

Neblina Tree Frog

Myersiohyla neblinaria

Least Concern

Merida Andes Treefrog

Hyloscirtus platydactylus

Vulnerable

Upper Orinoco Treefrog

Boana wavrini

Least Concern

Alban Cochran Frog

Centrolene daidaleum

Vulnerable

Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Eumops bonariensis

Least Concern

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops milleri

Least Concern

Roraima Akodont

Podoxymys roraimae

Vulnerable

Tepui Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys macconnelli

Least Concern

Guianan Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys nitela

Least Concern

Mérida Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys venustus

Least Concern

Wetzel s Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys wetzeli

Least Concern

Venezuelan Ichthyomyine

Neusticomys venezuelae

Vulnerable

Trinidad Nectomys

Nectomys palmipes

Least Concern

Costa Central Oryzomys

Nephelomys caracolus

Least Concern

Pittier's crab eating rat

Ichthyomys pittieri

Near Threatened

Fulvous Colilargo

Oligoryzomys fulvescens

Least Concern

Guianan Neacomys

Neacomys guianae

Least Concern

Paracou Neacomys

Neacomys paracou

Least Concern

Guianan Oecomys

Oecomys auyantepui

Least Concern

Reddish Oecomys

Oecomys rutilus

Least Concern

Truando Toad

Rhaebo haematiticus

Least Concern

Asian green mussel

Perna viridis

Not Evaluated

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

spiny hands

Charybdis hellerii

Not Evaluated

Dusky melanomys

Melanomys caliginosus

Least Concern

Golden Thomasomys

Thomasomys aureus

Least Concern

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Lamarck's lettuce-leaf coral

Agaricia lamarcki

Vulnerable

Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon

Least Concern

Woolly False Vampire Bat

Chrotopterus auritus

Least Concern

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Hairy Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma villosum

Least Concern

Andean Chilomys

Chilomys instans

Least Concern

Dark fruit-eating bat

Artibeus obscurus

Least Concern

Little Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma trinitatum

Least Concern

Lesser Long-tongued Bat

Choeroniscus minor

Least Concern

Tall albizia

Albizia procera

Least Concern

pacarana

Dinomys branickii

Vulnerable

Blue-lored Antbird

Hafferia immaculata

Least Concern

Skilletskate

Dactylobatus armatus

Least Concern

Atlantic pygmy skate

Gurgesiella atlantica

Least Concern

green peach aphid

Myzus persicae

Not Evaluated

capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Least Concern

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