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Peru

South America · South America

Total Species
318
Threatened
14
CR + EN + VU
Population
32 971 846
Area
1 285 216 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 4
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 9
Near Threatened 5
Least Concern 67
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 180
Extinct 3

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 238
Animalia 71
Chromista 6
Bacteria 2
Fungi 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Peru

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

Guayaquil Squirrel

Sciurus stramineus

Least Concern

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

Common Wild Oats

Avena fatua

Least Concern

Animated oat

Avena sterilis

Not Evaluated

European brown snail

Cornu aspersum

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

wild cat

Felis silvestris

Critically Endangered

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean fruit fly

Ceratitis capitata

Not Evaluated

house mouse

Mus musculus

Least Concern

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Knotroot Bristle Grass

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa crus-galli

Not Evaluated

Awnless Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

Aleppo Grass

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

Annual ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum

Not Evaluated

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

Vinca major

Not Evaluated

Common oat

Avena sativa

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

Annual rabbitsfoot grass

Polypogon monspeliensis

Not Evaluated

wild boar

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

Crab Finger Grass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

Least Concern

Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon

Least Concern

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Lawndaisy

Bellis perennis

Least Concern

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Bitter Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Least Concern

Drone-Bee

Apis mellifera

Not Evaluated

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Common Sheep Sorrel

Rumex acetosella

Not Evaluated

Ox-tongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Not Evaluated

Annual Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Not Evaluated

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

Red-masked Parakeet

Aratinga erythrogenys

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Polyandrocarpa zorritensis

Not Evaluated

Common Daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Asian blue tick

Rhipicephalus microplus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

Citron

Citrus medica

Least Concern

Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Not Evaluated

Date palm

Phoenix dactylifera

Not Evaluated

Common Lamb'S-Quarters

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

Redroot amaranth

Amaranthus retroflexus

Not Evaluated

pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Not Evaluated

Slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus hybridus

Not Evaluated

Beet

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Near Threatened

elk

Cervus elaphus

Vulnerable

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