Nicaragua: number of threatened species by type 2022

The majority of threatened living species in Nicaragua on the IUCN Red List in 2022 consisted of plants, with nearly 120 species under threat. Fishes ranked second with 97 threatened species. Accordingly, the country is included amongst those with the highest number of threatened fish species on the IUCN Red List in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Number of threatened living species in Nicaragua on the IUCN Red List in 2021, by taxonomic group

Characteristic	Number of threatened species
Plants*	119
Fishes*	97
Birds	19
Other invertebrates*	18
Reptiles*	11
Amphibians	11
Mammals	9
Molluscs*	2

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Nicaragua

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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