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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
28435943
Area
916445 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

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

Broad-Leaved Plantain

Plantago major

Least Concern

Bending Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Chufa (Edible Variety)

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Guernsey Pigweed

Amaranthus blitum

Least Concern

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Java plum

Syzygium cumini

Least Concern

Lemon grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Not Evaluated

African tuliptree

Spathodea campanulata

Not Evaluated

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Pillpod sandmat

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

South American royal palm

Roystonea oleracea

Near Threatened

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Jamaican feverplant

Tribulus cistoides

Not Evaluated

bamboo grass

Paspalum fasciculatum

Not Evaluated

Bush clockvine

Thunbergia erecta

Not Evaluated

Birdbill Dayflower

Commelina diffusa

Least Concern

Palay rubbervine

Cryptostegia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Oat Grass

Acroceras zizanioides

Least Concern

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Gull Feed

Scaevola plumieri

Least Concern

sea lettucetree

Scaevola taccada

Extinct

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Bolívar Chloroleucon

Chloroleucon eurycyclum

Data Deficient

Tepuí Graytwig

Schoepfia tepuiensis

Least Concern

Silvery Coussapoa

Coussapoa argentea

Least Concern

Sarisariñama Tepuianthus

Tepuianthus sarisarinamensis

Least Concern

Ptaritepui Resintree

Protium ptarianum

Least Concern

Agostini Ridgerunner

Cybianthus agostinianus

Near Threatened

Cerro Sipapo Ridgerunner

Cybianthus sipapoensis

Endangered

Blackpunctate Myrsine

Myrsine picturata

Near Threatened

Bigfruit Myrsine

Myrsine macrocarpa

Vulnerable

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

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