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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
28.435.943
Area
916.445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Bacteria 2
Chromista 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

Big Brown Bat

Eptesicus fuscus

Least Concern

Bicolored trailing ant

Monomorium floricola

Not Evaluated

Ant

Tetramorium simillimum

Not Evaluated

Central American agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

Least Concern

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

Spectacled bear

Tremarctos ornatus

Vulnerable

Dusky Leaftosser

Sclerurus obscurior

Least Concern

Northern naked-tailed armadillo

Cabassous centralis

Near Threatened

Gray-browed Brushfinch

Arremon assimilis

Least Concern

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin

Stenella frontalis

Data Deficient

Bullis skate

Dipturus bullisi

Least Concern

Caribbean skate

Dipturus teevani

Least Concern

Broadgill Catshark

Apristurus riveri

Least Concern

Hoary cat shark

Apristurus canutus

Least Concern

Russet-crowned Crake

Anurolimnas viridis

Least Concern

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Aotus lemurinus

Vulnerable

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Arremon brunneinucha

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

Honey bee mite

Varroa destructor

Not Evaluated

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

Bryozoan

Watersipora subtorquata

Not Evaluated

Common Apple Snail

Pomacea bridgesii

Least Concern

Maracaibo river stingray

Potamotrygon yepezi

Data Deficient

Yellow-breasted Brushfinch

Atlapetes latinuchus

Least Concern

Long-tailed Weasel

Mustela frenata

Least Concern

Slaty Brushfinch

Atlapetes schistaceus

Least Concern

Clymene Dolphin

Stenella clymene

Least Concern

Pale-naped Brushfinch

Atlapetes pallidinucha

Least Concern

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

Caluromys lanatus

Least Concern

Finspot ray

Raja cervigoni

Data Deficient

gray fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Least Concern

American legskate

Anacanthobatis americana

Not Evaluated

Mexican free-tailed bat

Tadarida brasiliensis

Least Concern

Neotropical otter

Lontra longicaudis

Data Deficient

Caribbean whiptail stingray

Himantura schmardae

Data Deficient

Painted electric ray

Diplobatis pictus

Vulnerable

Dwarf lantern shark

Etmopterus perryi

Least Concern

Salvin's Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma salvini

Least Concern

Chestnut Short-tailed Bat

Carollia castanea

Least Concern

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