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Mauritius

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
331
Threatened
4
CR + EN + VU
Population
1271768
Area
2040 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 3
Least Concern 131
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 176
Extinct 2

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 249
Animalia 81
Chromista 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Mauritius

Da hua tu si zi

Cuscuta reflexa

Least Concern

Jue ming zi

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

Kuo jia he huan

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

ku zhi

Physalis angulata

Least Concern

Lian Zi Cao

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Tan Xiang

Santalum album

Vulnerable

埃及雁

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Not Evaluated

家八哥

Acridotheres tristis

Not Evaluated

家烏鴉

Corvus splendens

Not Evaluated

梅花雀

Estrilda astrild

Least Concern

紅耳鵯

Pycnonotus jocosus

Least Concern

紅領綠鸚鵡

Psittacula krameri

Not Evaluated

长尾猕猴 Cháng wěi míhóu

Macaca fascicularis

Endangered

Golden twin-spot

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Not Evaluated

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

Egyptian Cotton Leafworm

Spodoptera littoralis

Not Evaluated

Indian Hare

Lepus nigricollis

Least Concern

Fire ant

Solenopsis geminata

Not Evaluated

black rat

Rattus rattus

Extinct

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Eucalyptus longhorn borer

Phoracantha semipunctata

Not Evaluated

Golden-Yellow Cone

Conus flavidus

Least Concern

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

lettered cone

Conus litteratus

Least Concern

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

marble cone

Conus marmoreus

Least Concern

Banana bud moth

Opogona sacchari

Not Evaluated

Ant

Technomyrmex albipes

Not Evaluated

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

convolvulus hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Not Evaluated

Death's-head Hawk Moth

Acherontia atropos

Not Evaluated

soldier cone

Conus miles

Least Concern

Passenger

Dysgonia algira

Not Evaluated

European flat oyster

Ostrea edulis

Near Threatened

rat cone

Conus rattus

Least Concern

Dark Mottled Willow

Spodoptera cilium

Not Evaluated

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

Least Concern

sand-dusted cone

Conus arenatus

Least Concern

flag cone

Conus vexillum

Least Concern

Javan Rusa

Rusa timorensis

Vulnerable

Asian house shrew

Suncus murinus

Least Concern

Moth

Opogona omoscopa

Not Evaluated

Hairy Marron

Cherax tenuimanus

Critically Endangered

weasel cone

Conus mustelinus

Least Concern

common tenrec

Tenrec ecaudatus

Least Concern

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

cylindrical cone

Conus cylindraceus

Least Concern

Hebrew cone

Conus ebraeus

Least Concern

livid cone

Conus lividus

Least Concern

Bicolored trailing ant

Monomorium floricola

Not Evaluated

virgin cone

Conus virgo

Least Concern

coronated cone

Conus coronatus

Least Concern

tessellate cone

Conus tessulatus

Least Concern

Cypress aphid

Cinara cupressi

Not Evaluated

ivory cone

Conus eburneus

Least Concern

marriage cone

Conus sponsalis

Least Concern

leopard cone

Conus leopardus

Least Concern

lithograph cone

Conus litoglyphus

Least Concern

Black Cutworm

Agrotis ipsilon

Least Concern

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