Trinidad & Tobago: number of threatened species by type 2022

The majority of threatened living species in Trinidad and Tobago on the IUCN Red List in 2022 consisted of fishes, with over 60 species under threat. Plants ranked second with 58 threatened species. Out of these, around 25 plant species in the Caribbean country are deemed endangered.

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

Characteristic	Number of threatened species
Fishes*	62
Plants*	58
Other invertebrates*	10
Reptiles*	7
Birds	5
Amphibians	4
Mammals	3

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Trinidad and Tobago

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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