List of Endangered species in Benin



This is a list of Endangered species in Benin according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Mansonia altissima var. altissima 32283 EN
Enteromius sylvaticus 182826 EN
Neolebias axelrodi 181844 EN
Cercocebus torquatus Collared Mangabey 4201 EN
Raja undulata Undulate Skate 161425 EN
Fontitrygon margarita 161495 EN
Ceriagrion citrinum Yellow Waxtail 169208 EN
Coffea togoensis 34655 EN
Oncocalamus wrightianus Rattan 95366536 EN
Ceropegia ledermannii 200700 EN

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)