List of Endangered species in Malawi



This is a list of 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
Memecylon nubigenum 123133997 EN
Cola chlorantha 111390932 EN
Pseudotropheus brevis 61111 EN
Scleria richardsiae 120181161 EN
Allocnemis montana 59840 EN
Nadzikambia mlanjensis Mulanje Chameleon 172530 EN
Rhampholeon platyceps Malawi Stumptail Chameleon 172532 EN
Oreocnemis phoenix Mulanje Damsel 59947 EN
Tephrosia whyteana 108619334 EN
Nothophryne broadleyi 58077 EN
Amietia johnstoni Johnston's River Frog 58188 EN
Aloe canis Dog Aloe 110697308 EN
Physophorina livingstonii Bladder grasshopper 100946948 EN
Bulinus succinoides 3320 EN
Trematocranus microstoma Haplochromis Placodon Pointed Head 60947 EN
Myosorex gnoskei Nyika Burrowing Shrew 45954382 EN
Dyschoriste nyassica 48153962 EN
Eriocaulon selousii 179564 EN
Deinbollia nyasica 32144 EN
Nyassachromis boadzulu 60859 EN
Champsochromis spilorhynchus 60899 EN
Podocarpus henkelii Henkel's Yellowwood 42507 EN
Placidochromis phenochilus 60979 EN
Aulonocara guentheri 61062 EN
Labidochromis zebroides 61107 EN
Carex brassii 120147667 EN
Apalis flavigularis Yellow-throated Apalis 22728413 EN
Coffea salvatrix Mukofi 18290408 EN
Faurea racemosa 108615447 EN
Buxus nyasica 36646 EN
Cycloderma frenatum Zambezi Flapshell Turtle 6009 EN
Agelanthus patelii 120960913 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)