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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
52
CR + EN + VU
Population
28 435 943
Area
916 445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 5
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 29
Near Threatened 23
Least Concern 307
Data Deficient 57
Not Evaluated 106
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Chromista 2
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Proboscis Bat

Rhynchonycteris naso

Least Concern

Tyleria Mouse Opossum

Marmosa tyleriana

Data Deficient

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum

Caluromys philander

Least Concern

Pluto Skate

Fenestraja plutonia

Least Concern

Blackbelly skate

Breviraja nigriventralis

Least Concern

pale-throated three-toed sloth

Bradypus tridactylus

Least Concern

Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis

Least Concern

Woolly False Vampire Bat

Chrotopterus auritus

Least Concern

Hairy Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma villosum

Least Concern

Andean Chilomys

Chilomys instans

Least Concern

Sepia short-tailed opossum

Monodelphis adusta

Least Concern

music volute

Voluta musica

Vulnerable

black agouti

Dasyprocta fuliginosa

Least Concern

Venezuelan Bristle-Tyrant

Phylloscartes venezuelanus

Data Deficient

Chapman's Bristle-Tyrant

Phylloscartes chapmani

Least Concern

Narrow-headed Slender Opossum

Marmosops cracens

Data Deficient

Tiny Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris minuta

Least Concern

Bogotan Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira bogotensis

Least Concern

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus hastatus

Least Concern

Common Tent-making Bat

Uroderma bilobatum

Least Concern

MacConnell's Bat

Mesophylla macconnelli

Least Concern

Spectral Bat

Vampyrum spectrum

Near Threatened

Riparian Myotis

Myotis riparius

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

Lesser Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx macrotis

Least Concern

pacarana

Dinomys branickii

Vulnerable

White-throated Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma silvicola

Least Concern

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira bidens

Least Concern

Velvety Fruit-eating Bat

Enchisthenes hartii

Least Concern

Brazilian Brown Bat

Eptesicus brasiliensis

Least Concern

Hummelinck s Laucha

Calomys hummelincki

Least Concern

Greater Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx bilineata

Least Concern

Lesser Bulldog Bat

Noctilio albiventris

Least Concern

Guajira Mouse Opossum

Marmosa xerophila

Vulnerable

Blue-lored Antbird

Hafferia immaculata

Least Concern

Skilletskate

Dactylobatus armatus

Least Concern

Atlantic pygmy skate

Gurgesiella atlantica

Least Concern

Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira erythromos

Least Concern

Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira ludovici

Least Concern

Pale Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus discolor

Least Concern

Black Myotis

Myotis nigricans

Least Concern

mountain paca

Cuniculus taczanowskii

Near Threatened

Hophead philippine violet

Barleria lupulina

Not Evaluated

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

Cockscomb

Celosia argentea

Not Evaluated

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

Pleated tunicate

Styela plicata

Not Evaluated

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