List of Critically Endangered species in Malawi



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Malawi 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
Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos 61113 CR
Allocnemis maccleeryi Ntchisi Yellowwing 180563 CR
Widdringtonia whytei Mulanje Cedarwood 33216 CR
Rhampholeon chapmanorum Chapman's Pygmy Chameleon 172568 CR
Bellamya ecclesi 2742 CR
Bellamya jeffreysi 2743 CR
Bellamya robertsoni 2751 CR
Metriaclima usisyae 120732502 CR
Serranochromis robustus 183133 CR
Metriaclima koningsi 124556154 CR
Lanistes nasutus 11286 CR
Oreochromis squamipinnis Chambo 60760 CR
Labeo mesops 60846 CR
Bagrus meridionalis Kampango 60856 CR
Corematodus shiranus 60887 CR
Nyassachromis breviceps 60991 CR
Mchenga conophoros 61027 CR
Copadichromis nkatae 61030 CR
Aulonocara baenschi Nkhomo-benga Peacock 61057 CR
Aulonocara maylandi Sulfurhead Aulonocara 61067 CR
Aulonocara kandeense Blue Orchid Aulonocara 61068 CR
Melanochromis chipokae 61112 CR
Melanochromis lepidiadaptes 61121 CR
Oreochromis lidole Chambo 61276 CR
Oreochromis karongae Chambo 61293 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)