South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Ecoregions
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Highveld grasslands
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Albany thickets
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Afrotropic
Kalahari xeric savanna
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Southern Africa mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in South Africa
Dwarf weaver
Prinerigone vagans
Eel pest
Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae
Bamboo longhorn beetle
Chlorophorus annularis
Springtail
Tomocerus minor
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
Dark Mottled Willow
Spodoptera cilium
Redclaw
Cherax quadricarinatus
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
Mite
Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Bryozoan
Watersipora subtorquata
Bark lice
Liposcelis bostrychophila
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Springtail
Brachystomella parvula
Moss Springtail
Neanura muscorum
Staph beetle
Philonthus varians
Mushroom Springtail
Ceratophysella denticulata
Tube-building worm
Hydroides elegans
Guinea Fowl
Numida meleagris
Durham slug
Arion flagellus
soldier cone
Conus miles
Cherry Slug Sawfly
Caliroa cerasi
rat cone
Conus rattus
Black soldier fly
Hermetia illucens
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Japanese skeleton shrimp
Caprella mutica
nilgai
Boselaphus tragocamelus
flag cone
Conus vexillum
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Oryx dammah
sitatunga
Tragelaphus spekii
Perlemoen
Haliotis midae
Clown beetle
Acritus komai
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
gemsbok
Oryx gazella
blue wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Chinese jumper worm
Amynthas gracilis
Japanese jumper worm
Amynthas corticis
Privet mite
Brevipalpus obovatus
Springtail
Proisotoma minuta
Maritime earwig
Anisolabis maritima
Deodar Weevil
Pissodes nemorensis
Russian wheat aphid
Diuraphis noxia
Blow Fly
Lucilia sericata
Mite
Tetranychus evansi
jumping spiders
Menemerus bivittatus
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
Cutworm
Callopistria maillardi
Hairy Marron
Cherax tenuimanus
Basker
Euchromia lethe
Honey bee tracheal mite
Acarapis woodi
Ash whitefly
Siphoninus phillyreae
cloth-of-gold cone
Conus textile
weasel cone
Conus mustelinus
captain cone
Conus capitaneus
Staph beetle
Habrocerus capillaricornis
Rove beetle
Oligota parva
Rove beetle
Oligota pusillima
Rove beetle
Philonthus longicornis
Staphylinid beetle
Lithocharis nigriceps
Staph beetle
Gabronthus thermarum
spitting spiders
Scytodes fusca
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