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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

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Canadian lynx

Lynx canadensis

Least Concern

Cluster Bat

Myotis sodalis

Near Threatened

Eastern Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

Least Concern

Giant Mole Shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Least Concern

Globe Thistle

Echinops ritro

Not Evaluated

Globe Thistle

Echinops exaltatus

Not Evaluated

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Sciurus carolinensis

Not Evaluated

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

North American Hoary Bat

Aeorestes cinereus

Least Concern

Polynesian rat

Rattus exulans

Least Concern

puma

Puma concolor

Least Concern

American mink

Mustela vison

Not Evaluated

American water shrew

Sorex palustris

Least Concern

Conejo De Florida

Sylvilagus floridanus

Least Concern

Deer Mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

Least Concern

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

Myotis leibii

Endangered

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

Keen'S Myotis

Myotis keenii

Least Concern

Murin Nordique

Myotis septentrionalis

Near Threatened

North American porcupine

Erethizon dorsatus

Least Concern

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

European hare

Lepus europaeus

Near Threatened

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Least Concern

gray wolf

Canis lupus

Critically Endangered

Clover Cutworm

Anarta trifolii

Least Concern

Bear-Grape

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Least Concern

Blackboard Tree

Alstonia scholaris

Least Concern

Calamus

Acorus calamus

Least Concern

Common Wall Cress

Arabidopsis thaliana

Least Concern

Conejo De Nueva Inglaterra

Sylvilagus transitionalis

Vulnerable

Arctic daisy

Arctanthemum arcticum

Least Concern

African dogstooth grass

Cynodon transvaalensis

Least Concern

Arnold'S Parmotrema Lichen

Parmotrema arnoldii

Critically Endangered

Bandy-legged burrow-dweller beetle

Laemostenus terricola

Critically Endangered

Black-Bordered Shingle Lichen

Parmeliella thriptophylla

Critically Endangered

Bristleless Dark-Green Bulrush

Scirpus georgianus

Least Concern

corky-fruited water-dropwort

Oenanthe pimpinelloides

Critically Endangered

corn buttercup

Ranunculus arvensis

Critically Endangered

Cuban pink trumpet-tree

Tabebuia pallida

Least Concern

Erichson's tooth-necked fungus beetle

Laricobius erichsonii

Least Concern

Humpbacked minute scavenger beetle

Cartodere nodifer

Least Concern

Powder Post Beetle

Stephanopachys substriatus

Critically Endangered

Queensland poplar

Homalanthus populifolius

Least Concern

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Galium tricornutum

Critically Endangered

Ruffled Freckle Pelt Lichen

Peltigera leucophlebia

Critically Endangered

Streambank bulrush

Schoenoplectus triqueter

Critically Endangered

Braconid wasp

Orgilus obscurator

Not Evaluated

Leaf-miner fly

Phytomyza flavicornis

Not Evaluated

Shore Fly

Scatella stagnalis

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Meteorus versicolor

Not Evaluated

Thistle Rust

Puccinia suaveolens

Not Evaluated

Mite

Phytonemus pallidus

Not Evaluated

Rainbow Bluet

Enallagma antennatum

Least Concern

Coastal Dung Beetle

Onthophagus nigriventris

Least Concern

False meadowbeauty

Pterolepis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Plant bug

Pithanus maerkelii

Least Concern

Ocellated Emerald

Somatochlora minor

Least Concern

Ghost Bolete

Leccinum holopus

Data Deficient

Black Sooty Mold

Scorias spongiosa

Not Evaluated

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