Fauna of Venezuela

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Wildlife of Venezuela
Biodiversity Flora and Fauna Trees Wildflowers Ants Odonates Butterflies Moths Spiders Fish Molluscs Amphibians Reptiles Echinoderms Sponges Birds Mammals Endangered species
Conservation Protected areas National parks Important Bird Areas Biosphere reserves Ramsar wetland sites
Organizations World Wide Fund for Nature FUNPZA
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The fauna of Venezuela consists of a huge variety of animals. Venezuela's diverse wildlife includes manatees, Amazon river dolphins, and Orinoco crocodiles, which have been reported to reach up to 6.6 metres (22 ft) in length. Some 23% of reptilian and 50% of amphibian species that inhabit the country are endemic to Venezuela. Overall, around 8,000 species (the world's 5th highest total) are endemic to the country.

Venezuela hosts a total of 1,417 bird species, more than 351 mammals, 341 reptiles, 315 amphibians and more than 2,000 freshwater and marine fishes.^[1] Invertebrates groups have not been inventoried exhaustively, but among the well known groups there are around 900 species of marine molluscs, 1,600 butterflies, over 120 dung beetles species and 39 species of blowflies.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}