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Kenya

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
230
Threatened
24
CR + EN + VU
Population
53.771.300
Area
580.367 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 5
Endangered 7
Vulnerable 12
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 31
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 36
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 176
Animalia 54

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Kenya

pimenteiro-comum

Capsicum annuum

Not Evaluated

pinhão-branco

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

pinhão-roxo

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Not Evaluated

pinho-patula

Pinus patula

Not Evaluated

pisco-arisco

Sheppardia gunningi

Near Threatened

rouxinol-dos-caniços-do-iraque

Acrocephalus griseldis

Endangered

sabugueiro

Sambucus nigra

Least Concern

sálvia-bicolor

Salvia leucantha

Not Evaluated

Sálvia-Coral

Salvia coccinea

Not Evaluated

seringa-real

Hevea brasiliensis

Least Concern

sisal

Agave sisalana

Not Evaluated

teca

Tectona grandis

Not Evaluated

tecelão-de-dorso-preto

Ploceus golandi

Endangered

tefrósia

Tephrosia vogelii

Not Evaluated

trepadeira-doce-amarga

Solanum seaforthianum

Not Evaluated

tumbérgia-azul

Thunbergia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Taita Shrew

Suncus aequatorius

Critically Endangered

Shimba Hills banana frog

Afrixalus sylvaticus

Endangered

Shimba Hills reed frog

Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus

Endangered

Zanzibar Puddle Frog

Phrynobatrachus ungujae

Endangered

East African little collared fruit bat

Myonycteris relicta

Vulnerable

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Endangered

Red bush squirrel

Paraxerus palliatus

Least Concern

Vermiculated Tree Frog

Leptopelis vermiculatus

Vulnerable

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Aders' duiker

Cephalophus adersi

Critically Endangered

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi

Rhynchocyon petersi

Vulnerable

Abalone

Haliotis unilateralis

Least Concern

Lesser hamster-rat, Long-tailed pouched rat

Beamys hindei

Least Concern

Tana River Crested Mangabey, Tana River Mangabey

Cercocebus galeritus

Endangered

Butterfly tree

Bauhinia purpurea

Least Concern

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

Emperor's candlesticks

Senna alata

Not Evaluated

Russian wheat aphid

Diuraphis noxia

Not Evaluated

Angel's tears

Brugmansia suaveolens

Not Evaluated

candelabrum cactus

Cylindropuntia imbricata

Least Concern

Hildegarde's Tomb Bat

Taphozous hildegardeae

Vulnerable

Brachionid rotifer

Brachionus forficula

Not Evaluated

Heartleaf madeiravine

Anredera cordifolia

Not Evaluated

Cypress aphid

Cinara cupressi

Not Evaluated

Golden dewdrops

Duranta erecta

Least Concern

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Tomato russet mite

Aculops lycopersici

Not Evaluated

silverleaf desmodium

Desmodium uncinatum

Not Evaluated

Siamese cassia

Senna siamea

Not Evaluated

Indian rosewood

Dalbergia sissoo

Least Concern

White passionflower

Passiflora subpeltata

Least Concern

Leafminer fly

Liriomyza trifolii

Not Evaluated

Orange cestrum

Cestrum aurantiacum

Least Concern

crimson cestrum

Cestrum elegans

Least Concern

Ridge-saddled carpenter bee

Heriades truncorum

Least Concern

Caribbean Pine

Pinus caribaea

Least Concern

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Roseleaf raspberry

Rubus rosifolius

Not Evaluated

Peruvian zinnia

Zinnia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Western flower thrips

Frankliniella occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Umbrella Tree

Maesopsis eminii

Least Concern

Christmasbush

Senna bicapsularis

Least Concern

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