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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
59 308 690
Area
1 221 037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 31
Near Threatened 48
Least Concern 484
Data Deficient 20
Not Evaluated 885
Extinct in the Wild 2
Extinct 10

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Fungi 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Blackspot hornpoppy

Glaucium corniculatum

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-India

Koelreuteria paniculata

Not Evaluated

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

London rocket

Sisymbrium irio

Not Evaluated

wintergreen barberry

Berberis julianae

Not Evaluated

sea thread hydroid

Obelia dichotoma

Not Evaluated

Garden arion

Arion hortensis

Least Concern

Greenhouse white fly

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Not Evaluated

Argentine ant

Linepithema humile

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse slug

Milax gagates

Data Deficient

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

glossy pillar snail

Cochlicopa lubrica

Data Deficient

disc web spiders

Oecobius navus

Least Concern

Scar Bank Gem

Ctenoplusia limbirena

Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Carmine spider mite

Tetranychus urticae

Not Evaluated

Eurasian pine adelgid

Pineus pini

Not Evaluated

blood worm

Lumbricus rubellus

Not Evaluated

Wormwood Plume

Hellinsia lienigianus

Least Concern

Garden Millepede

Oxidus gracilis

Not Evaluated

giant earwig, tawny earwig

Labidura riparia

Not Evaluated

brown slug

Deroceras laeve

Least Concern

Gray Field Slug

Deroceras reticulatum

Least Concern

Narrow Clover

Trifolium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

beautiful grass snail

Vallonia pulchella

Vulnerable

ribbed grass snail

Vallonia costata

Least Concern

dull glass snail

Aegopinella nitidula

Least Concern

Bark Snail

Zonitoides arboreus

Not Evaluated

Meal Moth

Pyralis farinalis

Least Concern

Indian Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Not Evaluated

Khapra beetle

Trogoderma granarium

Not Evaluated

Human flea

Pulex irritans

Not Evaluated

Cat flea

Ctenocephalides felis

Not Evaluated

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Least Concern

False codling moth

Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Thrips tabaci

Not Evaluated

Moth

Grapholita molesta

Not Evaluated

Western flower thrips

Frankliniella occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Pennsylvania everlasting

Gamochaeta pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Garlic Snail

Oxychilus alliarius

Vulnerable

cellar glass snail

Oxychilus cellarius

Least Concern

Draparnaud's Glass Snail

Oxychilus draparnaudi

Not Evaluated

Cherry Slug Sawfly

Caliroa cerasi

Not Evaluated

Fine-leaved Fumitory

Fumaria parviflora

Extinct

Hedgehog arion

Arion intermedius

Least Concern

lesser earwig

Labia minor

Not Evaluated

European brown snail

Cornu aspersum

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

lesser slippery moss snail

Cochlicopa lubricella

Data Deficient

European Giant Gardenslug

Limax maximus

Least Concern

contracted glass snail

Vitrea contracta

Least Concern

crystal snail

Vitrea crystallina

Least Concern

Turkey berry

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Threecorner leek

Allium triquetrum

Not Evaluated

Bulrush Cosmet

Limnaecia phragmitella

Near Threatened

Asian Wild Raspberry

Rubus ellipticus

Least Concern

German Wasp

Vespula germanica

Least Concern

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