List of Critically Endangered species in Kenya



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Kenya 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
Sorindeia calantha 34874 CR
Arthroleptides dutoiti Du Toit's Torrent Frog 2119 CR
Beatragus hunteri Hirola 6234 CR
Haplochromis martini 2196 CR
Eupera crassa 184496 CR
Euphorbia tanaensis 30898 CR
Euphorbia cussonioides 30900 CR
Ceratophallus subtilis 184625 CR
Saintpaulia teitensis 158004 CR
Incertihydrobia teesdalei 184674 CR
Karomia gigas 35173 CR
Afrothismia baerae 158066 CR
Gabbiella barthi 184702 CR
Haplochromis granti 18837 CR
Malacochersus tornieri Tornier's Tortoise 12696 CR
Ptyochromis sp. nov. 'rainbow sheller' 18841 CR
Ptyochromis sp. nov. 'Rusinga oral sheller' 18839 CR
Aloe classenii 158195 CR
Turdus helleri Taita Thrush 22708740 CR
Platycypha amboniensis Kenya Jewel 60003 CR
Zingis radiolata 23210 CR
Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. rupicola 158435 CR
Haplochromis ishmaeli 11074 CR
Aplocheilichthys sp. nov. 'Baringo' 60325 CR
Encephalartos tegulaneus subsp. powysii 41899 CR
Isoetes nigroreticulata 185282 CR
Xenoclarias eupogon Lake Victoria Deepwater Catfish 60380 CR
Turraea elephantina 179711 CR
Cyperus flavoculmis 185339 CR
Taxillus wiensii 179279 CR
Oreochromis esculentus Singidia Tilapia 15457 CR
Oreochromis variabilis 15458 CR
Haplochromis obesus 185843 CR
Haplochromis guiarti 60532 CR
Haplochromis victorianus 60536 CR
Marsilea fadeniana 179387 CR
Oreochromis jipe Jipe Tilapia 60628 CR
Oreochromis hunteri Lake Chala Tilapia 60634 CR
Cleopatra cridlandi 44270 CR
Callulina dawida Taita Hills Warty Frog 175363 CR
Cyperus microumbellatus 179466 CR
Helichrysum brownei var. glandulosum 63925525 CR
Rhabdalestes leleupi 60767 CR
Apalis fuscigularis Taita Apalis 22713719 CR
Justicia drummondii 48153983 CR
Vernonia ballyi 63925152 CR
Combretum tenuipetiolatum 34213 CR
Cola porphyrantha 34214 CR
Megalochlamys tanaensis 48154069 CR
Haplochromis parvidens 185839 CR
Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx 185860 CR
Tragelaphus eurycerus ssp. isaaci Mountain Bongo 22057 CR
Ixora scheffleri subsp. keniensis 34453 CR
Memecylon buxoides 179867 CR
Vangueriopsis shimbaensis 128046785 CR
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'Amboseli' 61210 CR
Haplochromis michaeli 9725 CR
Gynura campanulata 63924007 CR
Haplochromis dentex 18312 CR
Haplochromis macrognathus 18319 CR
Coelatura rothschildi 98179041 CR

 

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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)