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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
402
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 58
Endangered 118
Vulnerable 226
Near Threatened 173
Least Concern 1476
Data Deficient 101
Not Evaluated 3095
Extinct 30

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2026
Animalia 1779
Bacteria 872
Fungi 594
Chromista 352
Protozoa 181
Archaea 7
Viruses 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Taiwan

Broom

Cytisus scoparius

Least Concern

beaked bow moss

Dicranodontium denudatum

Not Evaluated

Anil de pasto

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

Alfred manta

Mobula alfredi

Vulnerable

Afghan-Melon

Citrullus lanatus

Not Evaluated

bronze whaler

Carcharhinus brachyurus

Vulnerable

Chromobacterium aquaticum

Not Evaluated

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Broad stingray

Bathytoshia lata

Vulnerable

Broadnose wedgefish

Rhynchobatus springeri

Critically Endangered

beach palm

Bactris major

Least Concern

Angulomicrobium amanitiforme

Not Evaluated

Broadnose Lanternshark

Etmopterus burgessi

Least Concern

Broad-leaved bowgrass

Cyrtococcum patens

Not Evaluated

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

Brown dog tick

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium ganzhouense

Not Evaluated

nigra scale

Parasaissetia nigra

Not Evaluated

Broadleaf Pondweed

Stuckenia pectinata

Least Concern

beach evening-primrose

Oenothera drummondii

Not Evaluated

Angoumois grain moth

Sitotroga cerealella

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium paxllaeri

Not Evaluated

Black Swan

Cygnus atratus

Not Evaluated

Broad Buckler Fern

Dryopteris expansa

Least Concern

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra

Extinct

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Not Evaluated

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

Near Threatened

Caryophanon latum

Not Evaluated

Spectacular Rustgill

Gymnopilus junonius

Not Evaluated

Canvasback

Aythya valisineria

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia contaminans

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia ubonensis

Not Evaluated

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia thailandensis

Not Evaluated

Exiguobacterium aestuarii

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

Chinese freshwater edible crab

Eriocheir sinensis

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga skermanii

Not Evaluated

Ceratium trichoceros

Not Evaluated

Chaetomium elatum

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga eiseniae

Not Evaluated

Bristly Lady'S Thumb

Persicaria longiseta

Not Evaluated

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

Black-headed Bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Bunting

Emberiza rutila

Not Evaluated

Cobetia marina

Not Evaluated

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes

Not Evaluated

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

Cinereous Vulture

Aegypius monachus

Not Evaluated

coast redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

Endangered

Common Hill Myna

Gracula religiosa

Least Concern

Flavobacterium johnsoniae

Not Evaluated

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Endangered

Flavobacterium beibuense

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium frigoris

Not Evaluated

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus

Not Evaluated

Anabaenopsis circularis

Not Evaluated

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