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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

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

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Awnless Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Common Wild Oats

Avena fatua

Least Concern

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

Redroot amaranth

Amaranthus retroflexus

Not Evaluated

Carelessweed

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

Common Saltwort

Salsola kali

Least Concern

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

Chinaberrytree

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Common Thorn-Apple

Datura stramonium

Not Evaluated

Bending Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Least Concern

Broad-Leaved Cattail

Typha latifolia

Not Evaluated

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

Balsampear

Momordica charantia

Extinct

Guava

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Common pricklypear

Opuntia monacantha

Least Concern

Pinkhead smartweed

Persicaria capitata

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Papaya

Carica papaya

Data Deficient

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Indian heliotrope

Heliotropium indicum

Least Concern

appleblossom cassia

Cassia grandis

Least Concern

quassia

Quassia amara

Least Concern

Hilograss

Paspalum conjugatum

Least Concern

Sorghum

Sorghum arundinaceum

Least Concern

Littlebell

Ipomoea triloba

Least Concern

Green wattle

Acacia decurrens

Least Concern

White moneywort

Alysicarpus vaginalis

Not Evaluated

Buffelgrass

Cenchrus ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Antelope Grass

Echinochloa pyramidalis

Least Concern

Chinese violet

Asystasia gangetica

Not Evaluated

Rosarypea

Abrus precatorius

Least Concern

Siamese cassia

Senna siamea

Not Evaluated

Chinese lovegrass

Eragrostis unioloides

Least Concern

Devil's Bit

Ruellia tuberosa

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

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