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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
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

Rosy Crust

Peniophora incarnata

Least Concern

Chinese pistache

Pistacia chinensis

Least Concern

Rosy Starling

Pastor roseus

Not Evaluated

Rosy-striped Knot-horn

Oncocera semirubella

Vulnerable

rough-leaf hydrangea

Hydrangea aspera

Least Concern

horsebush

Dendrolobium umbellatum

Least Concern

Rough Bluegrass

Poa trivialis

Least Concern

Rough cranch squid

Cranchia scabra

Least Concern

Gramella oceani

Not Evaluated

rough-toothed dolphin

Steno bredanensis

Least Concern

roundear enope squid

Pterygioteuthis giardi

Least Concern

Roundear enope squid

Pterygioteuthis gemmata

Least Concern

Wrinkled Shingle Lichen

Pannaria lurida

Not Evaluated

reva

Cerbera manghas

Least Concern

Purple Spoonwort

Pleurozia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Ruby Dapperling

Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus

Not Evaluated

Royal poinciana

Delonix regia

Least Concern

ruffle palm

Aiphanes horrida

Least Concern

Mimika bobtail

Euprymna morsei

Data Deficient

Rush veneer

Nomophila noctuella

Not Evaluated

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Least Concern

Common Pimpernel

Lysimachia arvensis

Least Concern

Concord Grape

Vitis labrusca

Not Evaluated

Devilray

Mobula japanica

Not Evaluated

disc coral

Turbinaria frondens

Least Concern

Dixie rosemallow

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

dusky nerite

Neritina pulligera

Least Concern

Ashy Sea Cucumber

Holothuria cinerascens

Least Concern

Earpick Fungus

Auriscalpium vulgare

Least Concern

crimson bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum

Not Evaluated

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

European dog tick

Ixodes hexagonus

Not Evaluated

Gluconobacter frateurii

Not Evaluated

Fairy Ring Champignon

Marasmius oreades

Least Concern

flat lettuce coral

Echinophyllia aspera

Least Concern

plum-of-Martinique

Flacourtia inermis

Not Evaluated

Fringed rosemallow

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium daejeonense

Not Evaluated

Sinomonas flava

Not Evaluated

Shewanella algae

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium tibeticum

Not Evaluated

Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila

Not Evaluated

Stenotrophomonas ginsengisoli

Not Evaluated

Vibrio neocaledonicus

Not Evaluated

Micromonospora polyrhachis

Not Evaluated

Sphingopyxis chilensis

Not Evaluated

Erythrobacter pelagi

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga oryziterrae

Not Evaluated

Flavisolibacter ginsengisoli

Not Evaluated

Rothia denticariosa

Not Evaluated

Phormidium ornatum

Not Evaluated

Rhizorhabdus dicambivorans

Not Evaluated

Psilachnum chrysostigmum

Least Concern

Sporosarcina thermotolerans

Not Evaluated

Lysinibacillus meyeri

Not Evaluated

Lysobacter solanacearum

Not Evaluated

Navicula hambergi

Not Evaluated

Leucobacter kyeonggiensis

Not Evaluated

Exiguobacterium aquaticum

Not Evaluated

Planococcus citreus

Not Evaluated

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