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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

Upper Orinoco Treefrog

Boana wavrini

Least Concern

Alban Cochran Frog

Centrolene daidaleum

Vulnerable

Common Dwarf Bonneted Bat

Eumops bonariensis

Least Concern

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops milleri

Least Concern

Roraima Akodont

Podoxymys roraimae

Vulnerable

Tepui Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys macconnelli

Least Concern

Guianan Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys nitela

Least Concern

Mérida Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys venustus

Least Concern

Wetzel s Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys wetzeli

Least Concern

Venezuelan Ichthyomyine

Neusticomys venezuelae

Vulnerable

Trinidad Nectomys

Nectomys palmipes

Least Concern

Costa Central Oryzomys

Nephelomys caracolus

Least Concern

Pittier's crab eating rat

Ichthyomys pittieri

Near Threatened

Fulvous Colilargo

Oligoryzomys fulvescens

Least Concern

Guianan Neacomys

Neacomys guianae

Least Concern

Paracou Neacomys

Neacomys paracou

Least Concern

Guianan Oecomys

Oecomys auyantepui

Least Concern

Reddish Oecomys

Oecomys rutilus

Least Concern

Cayenne Caecilian

Typhlonectes compressicauda

Least Concern

solitary disk coral

Scolymia wellsii

Data Deficient

Orinoco Agouti

Dasyprocta guamara

Near Threatened

Bladed Box Fire Coral

Millepora striata

Endangered

Three-spot Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides delfosi

Data Deficient

Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Sphiggurus pruinosus

Data Deficient

Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Sphiggurus melanurus

Least Concern

Carriker’s Speckled Tree-rat

Pattonomys carrikeri

Data Deficient

Yellow Speckled Tree-rat

Pattonomys flavidus

Data Deficient

Orinocan Speckled Tree-rat

Pattonomys punctatus

Data Deficient

Greedy Olalla Rat

Olallamys edax

Data Deficient

Brazilian spiny tree-rat

Makalata didelphoides

Least Concern

Guyanan spiny rat

Proechimys hoplomyoides

Data Deficient

Guyenne Spiny-rat

Proechimys guyannensis

Least Concern

Gray-footed Spiny-rat

Proechimys poliopus

Vulnerable

Sucre Spiny-rat

Proechimys urichi

Least Concern

Trinidad spiny rat

Proechimys trinitatis

Data Deficient

Spiny Spider Crab

Maguimithrax spinosissimus

Data Deficient

Paraguana Common Mustached Bat

Pteronotus paraguanensis

Endangered

giant tiger prawn

Penaeus monodon

Not Evaluated

Asian green mussel

Perna viridis

Not Evaluated

Pleated tunicate

Styela plicata

Not Evaluated

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

hirsutus mealybug

Maconellicoccus hirsutus

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Reed canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

Least Concern

Knotroot Bristle Grass

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Aleppo Grass

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

Darnel ryegrass

Lolium temulentum

Critically Endangered

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon

Least Concern

Barnyard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

Redroot amaranth

Amaranthus retroflexus

Not Evaluated

Carelessweed

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus hybridus

Not Evaluated

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