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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
59 308 690
Area
1 221 037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

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

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Bacteria 1
Fungi 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

light bulb sesquirt

Clavelina lepadiformis

Least Concern

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Sciurus carolinensis

Not Evaluated

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Near Threatened

Large Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Least Concern

wild boar

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

house mouse

Mus musculus

Least Concern

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Least Concern

Dirty Sea-Squirt

Ascidiella aspersa

Least Concern

chital

Axis axis

Not Evaluated

black rat

Rattus rattus

Extinct

Cabbage Moth

Plutella xylostella

Least Concern

spiny starfish

Marthasterias glacialis

Least Concern

Common Shipworm

Teredo navalis

Not Evaluated

Black-Lined Periwinkle

Littorina saxatilis

Least Concern

Egyptian Cotton Leafworm

Spodoptera littoralis

Not Evaluated

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

Silver-striped Hawkmoth

Hippotion celerio

Not Evaluated

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Least Concern

woolly apple aphid

Eriosoma lanigerum

Not Evaluated

Golden Star Tunicate

Botryllus schlosseri

Least Concern

Golden twin-spot

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Not Evaluated

cotton bollworm

Helicoverpa armigera

Not Evaluated

turnip moth

Agrotis segetum

Least Concern

Black Cutworm

Agrotis ipsilon

Least Concern

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

Currant Borer

Synanthedon tipuliformis

Least Concern

Geometrician

Grammodes stolida

Not Evaluated

Black Cottonwood

Populus nigra

Not Evaluated

Common Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Not Evaluated

weeping willow

Salix babylonica

Not Evaluated

Yellow Dodder

Cuscuta campestris

Not Evaluated

common ramping-fumitory

Fumaria muralis

Not Evaluated

Linearleaf snapdragon

Misopates orontium

Least Concern

Coliseum-Ivy

Cymbalaria muralis

Not Evaluated

Awnless Geranium

Geranium molle

Least Concern

Cutleaf geranium

Geranium dissectum

Endangered

dwarf rush

Juncus capitatus

Critically Endangered

Common Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius

Least Concern

Canadian waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Not Evaluated

Orange wattle

Acacia saligna

Not Evaluated

Fodder Vetch

Vicia villosa

Vulnerable

Tiny vetch

Vicia hirsuta

Least Concern

Four-Seed Vetch

Vicia tetrasperma

Least Concern

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Least Concern

Bird'S Foot Trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Least Concern

Big Hop Clover

Trifolium campestre

Near Threatened

Carnation Clover

Trifolium incarnatum

Not Evaluated

Mammoth Clover

Trifolium medium

Near Threatened

Subterranean clover

Trifolium subterraneum

Near Threatened

Clustered clover

Trifolium glomeratum

Not Evaluated

Seaside Koniga

Lobularia maritima

Not Evaluated

Edible Rocket

Eruca vesicaria

Not Evaluated

American Cress

Barbarea verna

Not Evaluated

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Least Concern

Jointed Charlock

Raphanus raphanistrum

Least Concern

Cultivated radish

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Ball Mustard

Neslia paniculata

Endangered

Narrow-Leaf Bittercress

Cardamine impatiens

Least Concern

Bending Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Bittercress

Cardamine hirsuta

Least Concern

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