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Argentina

South America · South America

Total Species
595
Threatened
30
CR + EN + VU
Population
45.195.777
Area
2.780.400 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 5
Endangered 12
Vulnerable 13
Near Threatened 21
Least Concern 198
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 315
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 8

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 408
Animalia 170
Chromista 13
Fungi 3
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Argentina

Tube dwelling amphipod

Jassa marmorata

Not Evaluated

llama

Lama glama

Least Concern

Triangle barnacle

Balanus trigonus

Not Evaluated

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon quisquilius

Least Concern

Transparent tunicate

Ciona savignyi

Least Concern

Redclaw

Cherax quadricarinatus

Least Concern

blackbuck

Antilope cervicapra

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus politus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Philonthus varians

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Gyrohypnus fracticornis

Least Concern

Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Not Evaluated

ivory bryozoan

Crisia eburnea

Not Evaluated

an encrusting bryozoan

Conopeum reticulum

Not Evaluated

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon haemorrhoidalis

Least Concern

Fuller rose beetle

Naupactus cervinus

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Carpelimus bilineatus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Oligota pumilio

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Oligota parva

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Nehemitropia lividipennis

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Hypomedon debilicornis

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Aleochara fumata

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Aleochara puberula

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Aloconota sulcifrons

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Bisnius sordidus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Bisnius cephalotes

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus rectangulus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus longicornis

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus discoideus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Gabrius nigritulus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Lithocharis ochracea

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Myrmecocephalus concinnus

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Oxytelus sculptus

Least Concern

limy tubeworm

Hydroides dianthus

Not Evaluated

Earthworm

Dichogaster saliens

Not Evaluated

Creeping Bryozoan

Amathia gracilis

Not Evaluated

Bryozoan

Aspidelectra melolontha

Not Evaluated

Galician mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

Not Evaluated

snake's head coralline

Aetea anguina

Not Evaluated

Earthworm

Dichogaster bolaui

Not Evaluated

Woodland white worm

Octolasion tyrtaeum

Not Evaluated

big hairy armadillo

Chaetophractus villosus

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Acrotona parvula

Least Concern

Père David's Deer

Elaphurus davidianus

Extinct in the Wild

Sabellid worm

Manayunkia speciosa

Least Concern

black Sea jellyfish

Blackfordia virginica

Not Evaluated

crumb-of-bread sponge

Hymeniacidon perlevis

Not Evaluated

Pinkmouth Hydroid

Ectopleura crocea

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Synidotea laevidorsalis

Not Evaluated

Metallic Marine Isopod

Idotea metallica

Not Evaluated

Water Buffalo

Bubalus bubalis

Not Evaluated

doubletoothed hydroid

Obelia bidentata

Not Evaluated

blacktip shipworm

Lyrodus pedicellatus

Not Evaluated

tuberculate pear crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Lightly calcified branching bryozoan

Bugulina simplex

Not Evaluated

Gammarid

Monocorophium acherusicum

Not Evaluated

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Bristle Dock

Rumex maritimus

Endangered

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Spotted ladysthumb

Persicaria maculosa

Least Concern

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