Latin America: countries with most threatened species 2019
Ecuador was the Latin American country with the highest number of living species on the IUCN Red List as of December 2019, with nearly 2.5 thousand threatened species. It was followed by Mexico and Brazil, with 1,544 and 1,072 threatened species respectively. Cuba places 8th in this ranking, but it ranks first when it comes to endangered animal species in Caribbean countries.
