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Kenya

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
230
Threatened
34
CR + EN + VU
Population
53,771,300
Area
580,367 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 6
Endangered 12
Vulnerable 16
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 64
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 121
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 176
Animalia 54

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Kenya

Transvaal stinkwood

Ocotea kenyensis

Vulnerable

African Almond

Prunus africana

Vulnerable

Indian-nut

Areca catechu

Not Evaluated

White garlic

Allium neapolitanum

Not Evaluated

Brown Mahogany

Lovoa swynnertonii

Endangered

Cole's Wattle

Acacia colei

Least Concern

Voi cycad

Encephalartos kisambo

Endangered

Tana River Poplar

Populus ilicifolia

Vulnerable

giant turpentine grass

Cymbopogon nardus

Not Evaluated

Black wattle

Acacia mearnsii

Not Evaluated

Black-fiber palm

Arenga pinnata

Not Evaluated

Black bamboo

Phyllostachys nigra

Not Evaluated

Mauritius hemp

Furcraea foetida

Not Evaluated

Sisal hemp

Agave sisalana

Not Evaluated

Crown flower

Calotropis gigantea

Not Evaluated

Brazilian nightshade

Solanum seaforthianum

Not Evaluated

Earleaf nightshade

Solanum mauritianum

Not Evaluated

Snowpeaks raspberry

Rubus niveus

Not Evaluated

Yellow ginger

Hedychium flavescens

Not Evaluated

Bull's eye

Euryops chrysanthemoides

Not Evaluated

white-flower Mexican-poppy

Argemone ochroleuca

Not Evaluated

Himalayan ginger

Hedychium gardnerianum

Not Evaluated

Mesquite

Prosopis pallida

Not Evaluated

inkberry

Cestrum laevigatum

Not Evaluated

Basketplant

Callisia fragrans

Not Evaluated

Yellow flame

Peltophorum pterocarpum

Not Evaluated

Sticky snakeroot

Ageratina adenophora

Not Evaluated

Asiatic witchweed

Striga asiatica

Not Evaluated

Lion

Panthera leo

Vulnerable

purple witchweed

Striga hermonthica

Not Evaluated

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Vulnerable

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Vulnerable

African elephant

Loxodonta africana

Vulnerable

Common Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus, Large Hippo

Hippopotamus amphibius

Vulnerable

plains zebra

Equus quagga

Near Threatened

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Least Concern

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Not Evaluated

Western flower thrips

Frankliniella occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Ridge-saddled carpenter bee

Heriades truncorum

Least Concern

Leafminer fly

Liriomyza trifolii

Not Evaluated

Tomato russet mite

Aculops lycopersici

Not Evaluated

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Cypress aphid

Cinara cupressi

Not Evaluated

Brachionid rotifer

Brachionus forficula

Not Evaluated

Hildegarde's Tomb Bat

Taphozous hildegardeae

Vulnerable

Russian wheat aphid

Diuraphis noxia

Not Evaluated

Tana River Crested Mangabey, Tana River Mangabey

Cercocebus galeritus

Endangered

Lesser hamster-rat, Long-tailed pouched rat

Beamys hindei

Least Concern

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