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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
28,435,943
Area
916,445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 45
Endangered 80
Vulnerable 112
Near Threatened 114
Least Concern 1690
Data Deficient 107
Not Evaluated 188
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Chromista 2
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

aurochs

Bos taurus

Not Evaluated

Citrus leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella

Not Evaluated

ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

Least Concern

puma

Puma concolor

Least Concern

Pacific cupped oyster

Crassostrea rhizophorae

Near Threatened

Thrips

Thrips palmi

Not Evaluated

Rice moth

Corcyra cephalonica

Not Evaluated

Northern tamandua

Tamandua mexicana

Least Concern

Spectacled bear

Tremarctos ornatus

Vulnerable

Dusky Leaftosser

Sclerurus obscurior

Least Concern

White-naped Seedeater

Sporophila fringilloides

Least Concern

Speckled Tanager

Ixothraupis guttata

Least Concern

Yellow-bellied Tanager

Ixothraupis xanthogastra

Least Concern

Amazon River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

Data Deficient

giant armadillo

Priodontes maximus

Vulnerable

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

Stenella frontalis

Data Deficient

Broadgill Catshark

Apristurus riveri

Least Concern

Hoary cat shark

Apristurus canutus

Least Concern

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Aotus lemurinus

Vulnerable

Great-billed Seed-Finch

Sporophila maximiliani

Endangered

Dotted Tanager

Ixothraupis varia

Least Concern

Spotted Tanager

Ixothraupis punctata

Least Concern

Southern cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus maculatus

Not Evaluated

Lesser cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Plumbeous Sierra-Finch

Geospizopsis unicolor

Least Concern

Black-eared Hemispingus

Sphenopsis melanotis

Least Concern

Oleaginous Hemispingus

Sphenopsis frontalis

Least Concern

Superciliaried Hemispingus

Thlypopsis superciliaris

Least Concern

Black-capped Hemispingus

Kleinothraupis atropileus

Least Concern

Black-headed Hemispingus

Pseudospingus verticalis

Least Concern

Water Opossum

Chironectes minimus

Least Concern

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

tayra

Eira barbara

Least Concern

common vampire bat

Desmodus rotundus

Least Concern

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Carollia perspicillata

Least Concern

Silky Short-tailed Bat

Carollia brevicaudum

Least Concern

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus lituratus

Least Concern

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher

Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus

Least Concern

Maracaibo river stingray

Potamotrygon yepezi

Data Deficient

Discus ray

Paratrygon aiereba

Data Deficient

Long-tailed Weasel

Mustela frenata

Least Concern

white-fronted capuchin

Cebus albifrons

Least Concern

Clymene Dolphin

Stenella clymene

Least Concern

common squirrel monkey

Saimiri sciureus

Least Concern

southern two-toed sloth

Choloepus didactylus

Least Concern

Finspot ray

Raja cervigoni

Data Deficient

gray fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Least Concern

Mexican free-tailed bat

Tadarida brasiliensis

Least Concern

Neotropical otter

Lontra longicaudis

Data Deficient

Caribbean whiptail stingray

Himantura schmardae

Data Deficient

Dwarf lantern shark

Etmopterus perryi

Least Concern

Black-capped Tanager

Stilpnia heinei

Least Concern

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

Least Concern

Salvin's Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma salvini

Least Concern

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

Carollia castanea

Least Concern

Brachionid rotifer

Brachionus forficula

Not Evaluated

white-lipped peccary

Tayassu pecari

Vulnerable

Andean White-eared Opossum

Didelphis pernigra

Least Concern

Coffee berry borer

Hypothenemus hampei

Not Evaluated

Red Snouted Treefrog

Scinax ruber

Least Concern

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