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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
247
CR + EN + VU
Population
28,435,943
Area
916,445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 46
Endangered 81
Vulnerable 120
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1723
Data Deficient 107
Not Evaluated 186
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Chromista 2
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Sphiggurus pruinosus

Data Deficient

Fulvous Colilargo

Oligoryzomys fulvescens

Least Concern

Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat

Lonchorhina fernandezi

Endangered

Gray-footed Spiny-rat

Proechimys poliopus

Vulnerable

Gorgas Oryzomys

Oryzomys gorgasi

Endangered

Golden Thomasomys

Thomasomys aureus

Least Concern

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus hastatus

Least Concern

Hairy Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma villosum

Least Concern

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Diphylla ecaudata

Least Concern

Handley's Red Bat

Lasiurus atratus

Least Concern

Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira erythromos

Least Concern

Grizzled Colilargo

Oligoryzomys griseolus

Least Concern

Guiana Dolphin

Sotalia guianensis

Data Deficient

Guyenne Spiny-rat

Proechimys guyannensis

Least Concern

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops greenhalli

Least Concern

Guianan Bonneted Bat

Eumops maurus

Least Concern

Guianan Squirrel

Sciurus aestuans

Least Concern

Guianan White-eared Opossum

Didelphis imperfecta

Least Concern

Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira ludovici

Least Concern

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus amplus

Least Concern

Lesser Bulldog Bat

Noctilio albiventris

Least Concern

Llanos long-nosed armadillo

Dasypus sabanicola

Least Concern

MacConnell's Bat

Mesophylla macconnelli

Least Concern

Atlantic Dolphin

Delphinus delphis

Least Concern

Mérida Aepeomys

Aepeomys lugens

Least Concern

Mérida Brocket

Mazama bricenii

Vulnerable

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Molossus pretiosus

Least Concern

Mountain Coati

Nasua olivacea

Vulnerable

Niceforo's Bat

Trinycteris nicefori

Least Concern

Northern Akodont

Necromys urichi

Least Concern

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Sciurus igniventris

Least Concern

Neblina Uacari

Cacajao hosomi

Vulnerable

Neotropical otter

Lontra longicaudis

Data Deficient

North American Hoary Bat

Aeorestes cinereus

Least Concern

Northern Gracile Opossum

Gracilinanus marica

Least Concern

Neblina Slender Opossum

Marmosops neblina

Least Concern

Northern Ghost Bat

Diclidurus albus

Least Concern

puma

Puma concolor

Least Concern

Paraguana Common Mustached Bat

Pteronotus paraguanensis

Endangered

Alston s Cotton Rat

Sigmodon alstoni

Least Concern

Amazonian Marsh Rat

Holochilus sciureus

Least Concern

Amazonian Oryzomys

Hylaeamys yunganus

Least Concern

Big Free-tailed Bat

Nyctinomops macrotis

Least Concern

Bonda Mastiff Bat

Molossus bondae

Least Concern

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

Pattonomys carrikeri

Data Deficient

Brazilian Brown Bat

Eptesicus brasiliensis

Least Concern

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

Caluromys lanatus

Least Concern

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus concolor

Least Concern

Common Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris microtis

Least Concern

Greedy Olalla Rat

Olallamys edax

Data Deficient

Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Least Concern

Conejo De Florida

Sylvilagus floridanus

Least Concern

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx canescens

Least Concern

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus vittatus

Least Concern

Greater Dog-like Bat

Peropteryx kappleri

Least Concern

Guaira Spiny-rat

Proechimys guairae

Least Concern

Guajira Mouse Opossum

Marmosa xerophila

Vulnerable

Guianan Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys nitela

Least Concern

Hairy Big-eared Bat

Micronycteris hirsuta

Least Concern

Hoffmann's two-toed sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

Least Concern

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