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Portugal

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
5298
Threatened
252
CR + EN + VU
Population
10196709
Area
92212 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 81
Endangered 82
Vulnerable 89
Near Threatened 85
Least Concern 655
Data Deficient 68
Not Evaluated 1415
Extinct 50

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2341
Animalia 1707
Fungi 925
Chromista 293
Protozoa 32

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Portugal

plaster beetle

Cartodere bifasciata

Least Concern

Madeiran Land Snail

Leiostyla gibba

Critically Endangered

flax darnel

Lolium remotum

Extinct

European edible crab

Cancer pagurus

Least Concern

Krauss' spikemoss

Selaginella kraussiana

Not Evaluated

kuruma prawn

Penaeus japonicus

Not Evaluated

Small Pine Shoot

Clavigesta sylvestrana

Not Evaluated

Twin-spot Plume

Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla

Least Concern

Laburnum

Laburnum anagyroides

Not Evaluated

Lacquered Bracket

Ganoderma lucidum

Least Concern

ladder flapwort

Nardia scalaris

Vulnerable

Slender-Stalked Sedge

Carex debilis

Least Concern

lagoon sea slug

Tenellia adspersa

Least Concern

Cypress aphid

Cinara cupressi

Not Evaluated

Lamb's Succory

Arnoseris minima

Critically Endangered

Smoky Rim Lichen

Lecanora cenisia

Data Deficient

twisted grimmia

Grimmia torquata

Least Concern

Lanceleaf water plantain

Alisma lanceolatum

Least Concern

lanky moss

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

Least Concern

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Seed bug

Heterogaster urticae

Least Concern

Seed bug

Plinthisus brevipennis

Near Threatened

shallot aphid

Myzus ascalonicus

Not Evaluated

Moth

Platyedra subcinerea

Vulnerable

Rhodes grass

Chloris gayana

Not Evaluated

European harp ground beetle

Bradycellus harpalinus

Least Concern

Rhododendron

Rhododendron ponticum

Not Evaluated

Oak aphid

Myzocallis castanicola

Not Evaluated

Shore fly

Hydrellia griseola

Not Evaluated

Muscoid fly

Delia radicum

Not Evaluated

Millipede

Choneiulus palmatus

Least Concern

large marsh rush

Juncus acutus

Least Concern

Large Sweet Vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Large Venus's-looking-glass

Legousia speculum-veneris

Endangered

Large White-Moss

Leucobryum glaucum

Least Concern

spotted alfalfa aphid

Therioaphis trifolii

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Diaeretiella rapae

Not Evaluated

Laurustinus

Viburnum tinus

Least Concern

Holt's Scalewort

Radula holtii

Near Threatened

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Cabbage whitefly

Aleyrodes proletella

Not Evaluated

Western spotted tentiform leaf miner

Phyllonorycter mespilella

Not Evaluated

Lavender-cotton

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Not Evaluated

Pond Olive

Cloeon dipterum

Least Concern

Lawndaisy

Bellis perennis

Least Concern

Lawson's Cypress

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Not Evaluated

Lawyer's Wig

Coprinus comatus

Least Concern

lax notchwort

Hygrobiella laxifolia

Least Concern

Ironclad Beetle

Tarphius serranoi

Critically Endangered

filbert aphid

Myzocallis coryli

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Eupelmus vesicularis

Not Evaluated

Yellow-underwing Pearl

Uresiphita gilvata

Not Evaluated

Dog's Mercury Rust

Melampsora populnea

Not Evaluated

Mite

Phytoseiulus persimilis

Not Evaluated

Ground beetle

Calathus vicenteorum

Extinct

Downland Marble

Endothenia oblongana

Endangered

house mouse

Mus musculus

Least Concern

Ghost shark

Hydrolagus pallidus

Least Concern

Lead-Coloured Sedge

Carex livida

Least Concern

Bristletails

Parapetrobius azoricus

Vulnerable

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