Argentina Extinct and Endangered Species

As of June 12th, 2014, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ lists over 90 endangered and critically endangered species in ARGENTINA (learn more about Argentina with my post). The Red List declares two species in Argentina as extinct: the Red-Bellied Gracile Mouse Opposum, extinct since 1962, and the Rhantus orbignyi beetle, extinct since 1996. Three snail species - Aylacostoma chloroticum, Aylacostoma guaraniticum, and Aylacostoma stigmaticum - have been declared extinct in the wild because of the Yacyretá dam project on the Paraná River. The Senecio leucopeplus wildflower is also extinct in the wild but fortunately conserved in Buenos Aires' Pillahuincó Botanical Garden.

* Citation about the snail species:
Mansur, M.C.D. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. Downloaded on 12 June 2014.

* Citation about Senecio leucopeplus:
de Villalobos, A. (Dep. Biología Bioquímica y Farmacia, UNS, Bahia Blanca, Argentina) 2008. Senecio leucopeplus. In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. Downloaded on 12 June 2014.