Papua New Guinea

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Threatened

1,148

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

271

CR

Endemic Threatened

693

Found only here

Declining

42%

485 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 1,148 threatened species

CR 271
EN 484
VU 393
CR: 271
EN: 484
VU: 393
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened species by group

plants736 threatened
fishes130 threatened
corals93 threatened
mammals51 threatened
birds34 threatened
molluscs29 threatened
amphibians28 threatened
insects14 threatened
fungi13 threatened
reptiles11 threatened
other invertebrates6 threatened
crustaceans3 threatened
Top Threats in Papua New Guinea
1.Logging & wood harvesting745 species
2.Annual & perennial non-timber crops606 species
3.Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources311 species
4.Mining & quarrying169 species
5.Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases162 species
6.Habitat shifting & alteration153 species
7.Housing & urban areas131 species
8.Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)120 species
9.Problematic native species/diseases101 species
10.Agricultural & forestry effluents90 species
Endemic Spotlight

693 endemic threatened species found only here

Endemic data will be available after full ingestion

All Species in Papua New Guinea (1,148)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Black Stubble LichenCalicium abietinumVUfungi?
Philautus jacobsoniCRamphibians↓
Anthops ornatusVUmammals↓
Peroryctes broadbentiENmammals↓
Phalanger lullulaeENmammals→
Solomys ponceletiCRmammals↓
Dorcopsis luctuosaVUmammals↓
Dendrolagus dorianusVUmammals↓
Dendrolagus scottaeCRmammals→
Pelochelys cantoriiCRreptiles↓
Manouria emysCRreptiles↓
Psittrichas fulgidusVUbirds↓
Haliaeetus sanfordiVUbirds↓
Floating Hook-mossWarnstorfia fluitansENplants?
Calidris ferrugineaVUbirds↓
Numenius madagascariensisENbirds↓
Casearia brassiiCRplants↓
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloidesCRplants?
Purple-margined LiverwortReboulia hemisphaericaVUplants?
Spilocuscus rufonigerCRmammals↓
Phalanger matanimCRmammals?
Dorcopsis atrataCRmammals↓
Dendrolagus spadixVUmammals↓
Dendrolagus matschieiENmammals↓
Dendrolagus stellarumVUmammals↓
Dendrolagus notatusENmammals↓
Dendrolagus pulcherrimusCRmammals→
Dendrolagus goodfellowiENmammals↓
Dendrolagus inustusVUmammals↓
Thylogale lanataENmammals↓
Thylogale browniVUmammals↓
Thylogale bruniiVUmammals↓
Petaurus abidiCRmammals↓
Dactylopsila tateiENmammals?
Zaglossus bartoniVUmammals↓
Echymipera davidiENmammals?
Tufted Leafless-bulrushTrichophorum cespitosumVUplants?
Pteralopex flanneryiCRmammals↓
Pteropus capistratusVUmammals↓
Phoniscus papuensisVUmammals?
Kerivoula myrellaVUmammals↓
Pteralopex ancepsENmammals↓
Pteropus conspicillatusENmammals↓
Pteropus howensisCRmammals↓
Pteropus gilliardorumVUmammals?
Hipposideros dinopsVUmammals↓
Hopea parvifoliaENplants?
Great Fen-sedgeCladium mariscusENplants?
kuddgelélavArctomia fascicularisCRfungi?
Bulbophyllum cimicinumENplants↓
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