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Mauritius

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
331
Threatened
5
CR + EN + VU
Population
1 271 768
Area
2 040 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 3
Least Concern 136
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 177
Extinct 2

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 249
Animalia 81
Chromista 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Mauritius

Ouette d'egypte

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Not Evaluated

Oxalide à larges feuilles

Oxalis latifolia

Least Concern

oxalis cornu

Oxalis corniculata

Least Concern

Palmier a Huile

Elaeis guineensis

Not Evaluated

palmier évantail de Chine

Livistona chinensis

Not Evaluated

Paspale

Paspalum vaginatum

Least Concern

Paspale à deux épis

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

patience crépue

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

pâturin annuel

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

pensée sauvage

Viola tricolor

Not Evaluated

Perruche à collier

Psittacula krameri

Not Evaluated

pied-de-coq

Echinochloa crus-galli

Not Evaluated

plantain à larges feuilles

Plantago major

Least Concern

plantain lancéolé

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

pois sucré

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

Polypogon de Montpellier

Polypogon monspeliensis

Not Evaluated

pourpier

Portulaca oleracea

Not Evaluated

Prêle des champs

Equisetum arvense

Least Concern

ramie de Chine

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

rat noir

Rattus rattus

Extinct

Rat surmulot

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

ravenale

Ravenala madagascariensis

Least Concern

Rose de porcelaine

Etlingera elatior

Data Deficient

sanglier

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

sensitive

Mimosa pudica

Least Concern

sétaire verticillée

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Souchet articulé

Cyperus articulatus

Least Concern

Souchet difforme

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

Souchet Rond

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

souris commune

Mus musculus

Least Concern

sphinx à tête de mort

Acherontia atropos

Not Evaluated

sphinx du liseron

Agrius convolvuli

Not Evaluated

Stramoine à grandes fleurs

Datura innoxia

Not Evaluated

stramoine métel

Datura metel

Not Evaluated

Suzanne aux yeux noirs

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

Tétragone

Tetragonia tetragonioides

Not Evaluated

thé

Camellia sinensis

Data Deficient

torilis noueuse

Torilis nodosa

Least Concern

vallisnérie

Vallisneria spiralis

Least Concern

vergerette de karvinski

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

vergerette du Canada

Erigeron canadensis

Not Evaluated

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

Swordfern

Macrothelypteris torresiana

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Formosan koa

Acacia confusa

Least Concern

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

Baby’s Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Least Concern

Cuban pink trumpet-tree

Tabebuia pallida

Least Concern

Slender Cyperus

Cyperus distans

Not Evaluated

Sweet Thorn

Vachellia karroo

Least Concern

dungweed

Adenostemma viscosum

Least Concern

Fragrant manjack

Cordia dichotoma

Least Concern

laceleaf

Aponogeton madagascariensis

Least Concern

Illawara Mountain Pine

Callitris rhomboidea

Least Concern

Species code: Ho

Halophila ovalis

Least Concern

Reed Grass

Phragmites mauritianus

Least Concern

Sisal hemp

Agave sisalana

Not Evaluated

Common carpetgrass

Axonopus fissifolius

Not Evaluated

Ivy gourd

Coccinia grandis

Not Evaluated

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