Animal Info - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Contents
Threatened
Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals,
Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population,
Area, Protected
Lands), References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened
Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in
St. Vincent and the Grenadines and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR),
Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened
Animals:
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 8 (Groombridge & Jenkins
1994)
Number of endemic species: 0
(Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996 and 2000:
2 (25 % of total species) (IUCN
1996, IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
St. Vincent & the Grenadines contains portions of the Antilles Global
Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl.
1999a)
Population
Population in 1995: 116,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc.
1995)
Population density in 1995: 298.6 people/sq km (773.3
people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc.
1995)
Population in 1998: 119,818 (World Almanac
1999)
Area
Area: 388 sq km (150 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc.
1995)
Protected Lands
Area: 80 sq km (31 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Economy
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $2,190 (World Almanac
1999)
References and Links
References: Cons. Intl.
1999a, Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994, IUCN
1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Natl. Geog. Soc.
1995, World
Almanac 1999
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for St. Vincent and the Grenadines): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles
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