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Coral reefs in Haiti cover a stretch of 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) of coast. While it is assessed that the coral reefs are over exploited for fishing, with elkhorn coral put on the US Endangered Species List, the reef structure is stated to be stable and the living coral are generally occupy 10% of reefs, and algae and sponge cover about 50% ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Haiti. Of the mammal species in Haiti, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, two are vulnerable, and eleven are considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Recent surveys in Haiti have found P. aedium to be living as remnant populations in the southeast and on the Massif de la Hotte. The IUCN Red List classifies P. aedium as "least concern" as of 2024, though its population is declining due to loss of forest habitat, human hunting and predation by non-native animals such as dogs. [1]
Conservation International recognizes the region as one of the most conservation-urgent in the world in which 13 of Hispaniola's most critically endangered species (all amphibians) occur. [4] Among the most critically endangered frog species are Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax and Eleutherodactylus parapelates, two frog species endemic to Haiti
Limia fuscomaculata, also called the blotched limia, is a critically endangered poeciliid fish endemic to Haiti.. L. fuscomaculata was described by Luis R. Rivas in 1980 along with seven other new Limia species (L. grossidens, L. garnieri, L. immaculata, L. pauciradiata, L. miragoanensis, L. sulphurophila, and L. yaguajali) and made part of the newly erected subgenus Odontolimia.
Limia grossidens, also called the largetooth limia, is a critically endangered poeciliid fish endemic to Haiti.. L. grossidens was described by Luis R. Rivas in 1980 along with seven other new Limia species (L. fuscomaculata, L. garnieri, L. immaculata, L. miragoanensis, L. pauciradiata, L. sulphurophila, and L. yaguajali) and made the type species of the newly erected subgenus Odontolimia.
The species — several birds, mussels, two species of fish and the Little Mariana fruit bat last seen in Guam in 1968 — have been listed as endangered for decades, according to the U.S. Fish ...
A collaborative conservation project funded by the Darwin Initiative (UK) was started in 2009 and is researching the species to conserve it. [21] The species is fully protected by law. However, national parks in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic are threatened by deforestation and encroachment for farming and charcoal production.