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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
197
CR + EN + VU
Population
28435943
Area
916445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 45
Endangered 63
Vulnerable 89
Near Threatened 70
Least Concern 535
Data Deficient 98
Not Evaluated 181
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Chromista 2
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Guianan Squirrel

Sciurus aestuans

Least Concern

Fiery Squirrel

Sciurus flammifer

Data Deficient

Smoothtail Spiny Lobster

Panulirus laevicauda

Data Deficient

guyanan red howler monkey

Alouatta macconnelli

Least Concern

Tepui Nightjar

Systellura roraimae

Least Concern

Handley's Red Bat

Lasiurus atratus

Least Concern

Diminutive Serotine

Eptesicus diminutus

Data Deficient

Soriano's Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira sorianoi

Data Deficient

Ega Long-tongued Bat

Scleronycteris ega

Data Deficient

Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat

Lonchorhina fernandezi

Endangered

Uncommon Sword-nosed Bat

Lonchorhina inusitata

Data Deficient

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus cinereus

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

Woodnymph Damsel

Hylaeonympha magoi

Data Deficient

Tiny Threadtail

Junix elumbis

Data Deficient

Cerise-crowned Jacamar

Galbula chalcocephala

Least Concern

Bumpy star coral

Orbicella franksi

Vulnerable

paraguaná spiny pocket mouse

Heteromys oasicus

Endangered

Overlook Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys catopterius

Least Concern

Pointed Pencil Coral

Madracis asperula

Data Deficient

ivory coral

Oculina valenciennesi

Data Deficient

fused ivory tree coral

Oculina varicosa

Vulnerable

Pleated tunicate

Styela plicata

Not Evaluated

Asian blue tick

Rhipicephalus microplus

Not Evaluated

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

hirsutus mealybug

Maconellicoccus hirsutus

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Bitter Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Knotroot Bristle Grass

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Awnless Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Common Wild Oats

Avena fatua

Least Concern

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

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