Equatorial Guinea

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Threatened

328

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

34

CR

Endemic Threatened

12

Found only here

Declining

61%

199 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 328 threatened species

CR 34
EN 119
VU 175
CR: 34
EN: 119
VU: 175
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened species by group

plants230 threatened
fishes55 threatened
mammals19 threatened
amphibians10 threatened
reptiles4 threatened
birds3 threatened
insects3 threatened
other invertebrates3 threatened
fungi1 threatened
Top Threats in Equatorial Guinea
1.Logging & wood harvesting207 species
2.Annual & perennial non-timber crops189 species
3.Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources117 species
4.Housing & urban areas108 species
5.Mining & quarrying52 species
6.Roads & railroads40 species
7.Shifting agriculture34 species
8.Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals30 species
9.Dams & water management/use29 species
10.Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)25 species
Endemic Spotlight

12 endemic threatened species found only here

Mole-cricket

EN

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

All Species in Equatorial Guinea (328)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Umma purpureaENinsects?
Mole-cricketGryllotalpa gryllotalpaENinsects?
Epinephelus itajaraVUfishes↓
Yellowbelly rockcodEpinephelus marginatusVUother invertebrates?
Crevalle jackCaranx hipposVUother invertebrates?
Ginglymostoma cirratumVUfishes↓
Pentanemus quinquariusVUfishes↓
Pseudupeneus prayensisVUfishes↓
Pseudotolithus senegallusVUfishes↓
Pseudotolithus senegalensisENfishes↓
Umbrina cirrosaVUfishes↓
Arthroleptis biokoENamphibians↓
Balistes capriscusVUfishes↓
Balistes punctatusVUfishes↓
Parauchenoglanis pantherinusVUfishes?
Plataplochilus chalcopyrusENfishes?
Fundulopanchax oeseriENfishes?
Barboides gracilisVUfishes?
Sardinella maderensisVUfishes?
Benitochromis riomuniensisENfishes?
Benitochromis batesiiVUfishes?
Benitochromis finleyiENfishes?
Thunnus obesusVUfishes↓
Merluccius senegalensisENfishes↓
Bathygobius burtoniENfishes?
Rhincodon typusENfishes↓
Squatina oculataCRfishes↓
Squatina aculeataCRfishes↓
Rhizoprionodon acutusVUfishes↓
Negaprion brevirostrisVUfishes↓
Blue SharkPrionace glaucaVUother invertebrates?
Carcharhinus limbatusVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus brevipinnaVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus leucasVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus longimanusCRfishes↓
Carcharhinus falciformisVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus signatusENfishes↓
Galeorhinus galeusCRfishes↓
Hippopotamus amphibiusVUmammals→
Mustelus mustelusENfishes↓
Scyliorhinus stellarisVUfishes↓
Sphyrna lewiniCRfishes↓
Leptocharias smithiiVUfishes↓
Paragaleus pectoralisENfishes↓
Sphyrna zygaenaVUfishes↓
Rhinobatos rhinobatosCRfishes↓
Aetobatus narinariENfishes↓
Zanobatus schoenleiniiVUfishes↓
Rhynchobatus luebbertiCRfishes↓
Rhinobatos irvineiCRfishes↓
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