Mexico: number of threatened species by type 2022

In 2022, a total of 1,426 plant species and more than 300 fish species in Mexico were under threat. Mexico is the country with the second highest number of threatened living species on the IUCN Red List in Latin America.

Number of threatened living species in Mexico on the IUCN Red List in 2022, by taxonomic group

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Central and South America, Mexico

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* Figures presented for these groups should be interpreted as the number of species known to be threatened within those species that have been assessed to date, and not as the overall total number of threatened species for each group.

According to the source, threatened living species include species that are critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU).

The acronym IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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