Mayotte

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Threatened

129

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

16

CR

Endemic Threatened

8

Found only here

Declining

60%

77 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 129 threatened species

CR 16
EN 48
VU 65
CR: 16
EN: 48
VU: 65
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened species by group

fishes28 threatened
plants18 threatened
corals17 threatened
other invertebrates9 threatened
insects8 threatened
birds4 threatened
arachnids3 threatened
mammals2 threatened
reptiles1 threatened
molluscs1 threatened
crustaceans1 threatened
Top Threats in Mayotte
1.Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources55 species
2.Logging & wood harvesting50 species
3.Annual & perennial non-timber crops50 species
4.Habitat shifting & alteration39 species
5.Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases30 species
6.Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)26 species
7.Housing & urban areas21 species
8.Recreational activities21 species
9.Agricultural & forestry effluents18 species
10.Problematic native species/diseases18 species
Endemic Spotlight

8 endemic threatened species found only here

Lang's Short-tailed Blue

EN

Leptotes pirithous

All Species in Mayotte (129)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Djadjoua viossatiENinsects?
Joziratia mayottensisENinsects?
Komrina villosaENinsects?
Mayataia griveaudiCRinsects↓
Pseudagrion pontogenesVUinsects?
Lang's Short-tailed BlueLeptotes pirithousENinsects?
Cheilinus undulatusENfishes↓
Amauris nossimaVUinsects?
Epinephelus polyphekadionVUfishes↓
Epinephelus fuscoguttatusVUfishes↓
Idioctis intertidalisCRarachnids?
Yellowbelly rockcodEpinephelus marginatusVUother invertebrates?
Crevalle jackCaranx hipposVUother invertebrates?
plate coralHeliofungia actiniformisVUcorals?
Actinopyga echinitesVUother invertebrates↓
Holothuria nobilisENother invertebrates?
Blue CoralHeliopora coeruleaVUcorals?
Bolbometopon muricatumVUfishes↓
Montipora stilosaENcorals↓
Stellar coralPsammocora stellataVUcorals?
Nebrius ferrugineusVUfishes↓
leaf coralPavona venosaVUcorals?
blister coralHorastrea indicaVUcorals?
wonder coralCatalaphyllia jardineiVUcorals?
Pavona cactusVUcorals↓
tipped bubblegum coralPhysogyra lichtensteiniVUcorals?
Mesida thorelliVUarachnids?
Pocillopora indianiaENcorals↓
scalpel coralGalaxea astreataVUcorals?
Clitaetra episinoidesVUarachnids↓
Montipora orientalisENcorals↓
Cactus CoralPavona decussataVUcorals?
Alveopora allingiENcorals↓
starry cup coralAcanthastrea hemprichiiVUcorals?
anemone coralGoniopora planulataVUcorals?
Holothuria scabraENother invertebrates↓
Alveopora fenestrataENcorals↓
Oxymonacanthus longirostrisVUfishes↓
Blind SnailCecilioides aciculaVUmolluscs?
Amaeana trilobataVUother invertebrates?
Jasmineira caudataVUother invertebrates?
Thunnus obesusVUfishes↓
Lethrinus mahsenaENfishes↓
Cotylopus rubripinnisVUfishes?
Rhincodon typusENfishes↓
Negaprion acutidensENfishes↓
Blue SharkPrionace glaucaVUother invertebrates?
Carcharhinus melanopterusVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus albimarginatusVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus plumbeusENfishes↓
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