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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
28,435,943
Area
916,445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 45
Endangered 80
Vulnerable 112
Near Threatened 114
Least Concern 1690
Data Deficient 107
Not Evaluated 188
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Chromista 2
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Waterhouse’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa waterhousei

Data Deficient

Northern Ghost Bat

Diclidurus albus

Least Concern

Greater Ghost Bat

Diclidurus ingens

Data Deficient

Lesser Ghost Bat

Diclidurus scutatus

Least Concern

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx canescens

Least Concern

Black Bonneted Bat

Eumops auripendulus

Least Concern

Dwarf Dog-faced Bat

Molossops temminckii

Least Concern

Black Mastiff Bat

Molossus rufus

Least Concern

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Molossus pretiosus

Least Concern

Coiban Mastuff Bat

Molossus coibensis

Least Concern

Greenhall’s Dog-faced Bat

Cynomops greenhalli

Least Concern

Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat

Nyctinomops laticaudatus

Least Concern

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Least Concern

White-footed Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys leucodactylus

Least Concern

Tawny-bellied Rhipidomys

Rhipidomys fulviventer

Least Concern

Southern Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hirsutus

Least Concern

Robert s Oecomys

Oecomys roberti

Least Concern

Long-furred Oecomys

Oecomys trinitatis

Least Concern

White-bellied Oecomys

Oecomys bicolor

Least Concern

Short-tailed Zygodont

Zygodontomys brevicauda

Least Concern

Amazonian Oryzomys

Hylaeamys yunganus

Least Concern

MacConnell's Oryzomys

Euryoryzomys macconnelli

Least Concern

Guinea Chick Lobster

Panulirus guttatus

Least Concern

Tiny Yellow Bat

Rhogeessa minutilla

Vulnerable

Tricolored Bat

Glyphonycteris sylvestris

Least Concern

Graybeard Bat

Glyphonycteris daviesi

Least Concern

Pale Brown Long-tongued Bat

Lichonycteris degener

Least Concern

Little Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira lilium

Least Concern

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat

Lionycteris spurrelli

Least Concern

Eastern Cordilleran Nectar Bat

Lonchophylla orienticollina

Data Deficient

Carriker's Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma carrikeri

Least Concern

Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyriscus bidens

Least Concern

Shadowy Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus umbratus

Data Deficient

Great Stripe-faced Bat

Vampyrodes caraccioli

Least Concern

Bogota Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus bogotensis

Least Concern

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus gnomus

Least Concern

Rio Cauca caecilian

Typhlonectes natans

Least Concern

spiny tree rat

Mesomys hispidus

Least Concern

Apple Snail

Pomacea glauca

Least Concern

Napo Spiny-rat

Proechimys quadruplicatus

Least Concern

Amazon Bamboo Rat

Dactylomys dactylinus

Least Concern

Thumbless Bat

Furipterus horrens

Least Concern

Lovely Leaf Frog

Phyllomedusa venusta

Least Concern

Bushy-tailed olingo

Bassaricyon gabbii

Least Concern

Mountain Coati

Nasua olivacea

Vulnerable

White-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes cyanus

Least Concern

Green-bellied Hummingbird

Saucerottia viridigaster

Least Concern

Shining-green Hummingbird

Chrysuronia goudoti

Least Concern

Versicolored Emerald

Chrysuronia versicolor

Least Concern

Glittering-throated Emerald

Chionomesa fimbriata

Data Deficient

Smooth-skinned ditch frog

Leptodactylus validus

Least Concern

Turbo White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus poecilochilus

Least Concern

Striate peaclam

Pisidium punctiferum

Not Evaluated

Guianan White-eared Opossum

Didelphis imperfecta

Least Concern

Hooded red-sided opossum

Monodelphis palliolata

Least Concern

Colombian Plump Frog

Elachistocleis pearsei

Least Concern

Tamá Small-eared Shrew

Cryptotis tamensis

Least Concern

Isabelle's Ghost Bat

Diclidurus isabella

Least Concern

Short-eared Bat

Cyttarops alecto

Least Concern

West Indian topshell

Cittarium pica

Vulnerable

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