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Mexico

North America · Central America

Total Species
1109
Threatened
245
CR + EN + VU
Population
128 932 753
Area
1 964 375 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 84
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 60
Near Threatened 34
Least Concern 300
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 480
Extinct 12

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 547
Plantae 506
Chromista 51
Bacteria 3
Fungi 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Mexico

agate snail

Cecilioides acicula

Vulnerable

tawny glass snail

Euconulus fulvus

Vulnerable

pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Not Evaluated

Broad-Horned Flour Beetle

Gnatocerus cornutus

Not Evaluated

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

Sea Vase

Ciona intestinalis

Least Concern

Colonial Sea Squirt

Botrylloides violaceus

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Golden Star Tunicate

Botryllus schlosseri

Least Concern

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

ribbed grass snail

Vallonia costata

Least Concern

Wandering Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Not Evaluated

elk

Cervus elaphus

Vulnerable

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Manta birostris

Endangered

eccentric grass snail

Vallonia excentrica

Near Threatened

Bark Snail

Zonitoides arboreus

Not Evaluated

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

Draparnaud's Glass Snail

Oxychilus draparnaudi

Not Evaluated

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

brown slug

Deroceras laeve

Least Concern

Freshwater Jellyfish

Craspedacusta sowerbii

Not Evaluated

Elm Bark Beetle

Scolytus multistriatus

Not Evaluated

African clawed frog

Xenopus laevis

Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Lacy Crust Bryozoan

Membranipora membranacea

Not Evaluated

Yabby

Cherax destructor

Vulnerable

pinhead spot

Paralaoma servilis

Not Evaluated

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

Greenhouse slug

Milax gagates

Data Deficient

Argentine ant

Linepithema humile

Not Evaluated

Alpine ibex

Capra ibex

Least Concern

sea thread hydroid

Obelia dichotoma

Not Evaluated

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

horse

Equus caballus

Not Evaluated

Hedgehog arion

Arion intermedius

Least Concern

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Common Shipworm

Teredo navalis

Not Evaluated

Asian date mussel

Arcuatula senhousia

Not Evaluated

black rat

Rattus rattus

Extinct

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

red crust

Cryptosula pallasiana

Not Evaluated

Japanese carpet shell

Ruditapes philippinarum

Not Evaluated

Guinea ant

Tetramorium bicarinatum

Not Evaluated

aurochs

Bos taurus

Not Evaluated

ass

Equus asinus

Not Evaluated

European brown snail

Cornu aspersum

Not Evaluated

miniature awlsnail

Subulina octona

Not Evaluated

decollate snail

Rumina decollata

Not Evaluated

wood-boring amphipod

Chelura terebrans

Data Deficient

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Anoscopus serratulae

Least Concern

Pantropical mini-ponerine ant

Hypoponera punctatissima

Not Evaluated

Honey bee mite

Varroa destructor

Not Evaluated

chital

Axis axis

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse frog

Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Least Concern

trembling sea-mat

Victorella pavida

Not Evaluated

Redclaw

Cherax quadricarinatus

Least Concern

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Red flour beetle

Tribolium castaneum

Least Concern

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