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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

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

Bifidobacterium bifidum

Not Evaluated

Powder-post checkered beetle

Tarsostenus univittatus

Not Evaluated

Actinocatenispora thailandica

Not Evaluated

irregular boomerang coral

Sandalolitha robusta

Least Concern

braided frostwort

Gymnomitrion concinnatum

Least Concern

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Methanolobus chelungpuianus

Not Evaluated

Italian stone pine

Pinus pinea

Least Concern

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

Ivory Barnacle

Amphibalanus eburneus

Not Evaluated

Ivy gourd

Coccinia grandis

Not Evaluated

Ivy-Leaf Morning-Glory

Ipomoea hederifolia

Not Evaluated

Achnanthes longipes

Not Evaluated

Jack bean

Canavalia ensiformis

Not Evaluated

Jackfruit

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Not Evaluated

Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

Least Concern

Jacob's coat

Acalypha wilkesiana

Not Evaluated

jagged germanderwort

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Vulnerable

Acetobacter lambici

Not Evaluated

jalap

Ipomoea purga

Not Evaluated

Jameson'S Liverwort

Syzygiella autumnalis

Least Concern

Japanese apricot

Prunus mume

Least Concern

Japanese bobtail

Sepiolina nipponensis

Data Deficient

Methanosarcina mazei

Not Evaluated

Japanese Brome

Bromus japonicus

Not Evaluated

Japanese butterfly ray

Gymnura japonica

Vulnerable

Japanese carpet shell

Ruditapes philippinarum

Not Evaluated

Japanese cedar

Cryptomeria japonica

Not Evaluated

Japanese cheesewood

Pittosporum tobira

Not Evaluated

Japanese Chestnut

Castanea crenata

Least Concern

Japanese climbing fern

Lygodium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Japanese Cormorant

Phalacrocorax capillatus

Least Concern

Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis

Not Evaluated

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

Not Evaluated

Japanese jasmine

Jasminum mesnyi

Not Evaluated

Japanese leafhopper

Orientus ishidae

Not Evaluated

Japanese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus xanthodryas

Least Concern

Japanese spindletree

Euonymus japonicus

Not Evaluated

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

Japanese morning-glory

Ipomoea nil

Not Evaluated

Japanese Murrelet

Synthliboramphus wumizusume

Vulnerable

Allobacillus halotolerans

Not Evaluated

Japanese Pearlwort

Sagina japonica

Not Evaluated

Japanese-pepper

Zanthoxylum piperitum

Not Evaluated

Japanese pink

Dianthus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Japanese spineless cuttlefish

Sepiella japonica

Data Deficient

japanese-red-pine

Pinus densiflora

Least Concern

Japanese Rose

Rosa rugosa

Not Evaluated

Japanese shore crab

Hemigrapsus penicillatus

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium elkanii

Not Evaluated

Bat-Wing Coral Tree

Erythrina vespertilio

Least Concern

Japanese Thrush

Turdus cardis

Least Concern

Japanese Wagtail

Motacilla grandis

Least Concern

Angel'S Wings

Pleurocybella porrigens

Least Concern

Jelly-Antler

Calocera viscosa

Least Concern

Biddulphia rhombus

Not Evaluated

Least Pepperwort

Lepidium virginicum

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter troitsensis

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium daqingense

Not Evaluated

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