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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
786
CR + EN + VU
Population
331 002 647
Area
9 833 517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 156
Endangered 264
Vulnerable 366
Near Threatened 425
Least Concern 4191
Data Deficient 189
Not Evaluated 5463
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 150

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

Small hive beetle

Aethina tumida

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Carpelimus subtilis

Least Concern

Boulder Lichen

Porpidia tuberculosa

Least Concern

Small-blotched Spotwing

Melieria cana

Not Evaluated

Black Woodscript Lichen

Xylographa parallela

Data Deficient

Long-Leaved Thread Moss

Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum

Not Evaluated

Longleaf primrose-willow

Ludwigia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Globe Thistle

Echinops ritro

Not Evaluated

Black-Beaked Green Weevil

Hypera nigrirostris

Least Concern

American Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Least Concern

Dung Roundhead

Protostropharia semiglobata

Least Concern

Woodland white worm

Octolasion tyrtaeum

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Geostiba circellaris

Least Concern

Cluster Bat

Myotis sodalis

Near Threatened

Longflowered veldtgrass

Ehrharta longiflora

Not Evaluated

Leafy spurge stem boring beetle

Oberea erythrocephala

Not Evaluated

Black-Banded Soft-Winged Flower Beetle

Anthocomus equestris

Not Evaluated

Greenfoot Fibrecap

Inosperma calamistratum

Least Concern

White nose syndrome

Pseudogymnoascus destructans

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Trichomalus perfectus

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Hemitrichus seniculus

Not Evaluated

Seed bug

Metopoplax ditomoides

Not Evaluated

Pittosporum pit scale

Planchonia arabidis

Not Evaluated

Long-legged fly

Dolichopus plumitarsis

Extinct

Long Dash

Polites mystic

Least Concern

Awkward Clusterfly

Pollenia rudis

Least Concern

American Rosette Lichen

Physcia americana

Not Evaluated

Alpine Camouflage Lichen

Melanelia stygia

Least Concern

Agrimony Rust

Pucciniastrum agrimoniae

Not Evaluated

Adonis' Ladybird

Hippodamia variegata

Endangered

lesser slippery moss snail

Cochlicopa lubricella

Data Deficient

laurel-leaf snailseed

Cocculus laurifolius

Least Concern

Long Thin Plant Bug

Megaloceroea recticornis

Least Concern

Lesser Sea-Spurrey

Spergularia marina

Least Concern

Lost Flat-Body

Depressaria depressana

Endangered

long tailed mealybug

Pseudococcus longispinus

Not Evaluated

Whiskered Camouflage Lichen

Melanelixia subargentifera

Data Deficient

Common harp ground beetle

Amara communis

Least Concern

Black arion

Arion ater

Not Evaluated

Lesser Red-knotgrass

Polygonum arenarium

Not Evaluated

Common dung beetle

Aphodius pedellus

Least Concern

European pineneedle midge

Contarinia baeri

Not Evaluated

Fly

Coproica hirtula

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Ilyobates bennetti

Least Concern

Collembola

Folsomides angularis

Not Evaluated

Coastal wattle

Acacia cyclops

Least Concern

Black and gold bumble bee

Bombus auricomus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Aloconota insecta

Least Concern

Cranefly

Nephrotoma cornicina

Least Concern

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

Ladybird Beetle

Scymnus suturalis

Least Concern

Silphid beetle

Silpha carinata

Critically Endangered

Root-maggot fly

Terellia ruficauda

Least Concern

White Flatweed

Hypochaeris microcephala

Not Evaluated

Bitter ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

Data Deficient

Silky White Stain Lichen

Julella sericea

Not Evaluated

Oriental asperula

Asperula orientalis

Not Evaluated

Spotted Plant Bug

Closterotomus fulvomaculatus

Least Concern

Rainbow tortoise beetle

Cassida azurea

Not Evaluated

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