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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 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

disc coral

Turbinaria stellulata

Vulnerable

Disc Mayweed

Matricaria discoidea

Not Evaluated

disc web spiders

Oecobius navus

Least Concern

Ditch fimbry

Fimbristylis schoenoides

Least Concern

Dixie rosemallow

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Dixie silverback fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

doctorbush

Plumbago zeylanica

Not Evaluated

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

Dogfish

Squalus suckleyi

Least Concern

Dog shark

Scoliodon laticaudus

Near Threatened

Dog tail

Buddleja asiatica

Least Concern

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Not Evaluated

Domestic silk moth

Bombyx mori

Not Evaluated

Donkey's ear abalone

Haliotis asinina

Least Concern

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

Dotted Leafy Moss

Rhizomnium punctatum

Least Concern

double-ear bobtail

Euprymna berryi

Data Deficient

double-star coral

Diploastrea heliopora

Near Threatened

Doubtful Knight'S-Spur

Delphinium ajacis

Not Evaluated

Doum Palm

Hyphaene thebaica

Least Concern

Downy Ground-Cherry

Physalis pubescens

Not Evaluated

Downy Veilwort

Metzgeria pubescens

Endangered

Dragonfish

Stichopus horrens

Data Deficient

Dragon Horn

Cladonia squamosa

Near Threatened

Dried Fruit Beetle

Carpophilus hemipterus

Least Concern

Drone-Bee

Apis mellifera

Not Evaluated

drought grass

Ischaemum muticum

Least Concern

Drugstore beetle

Stegobium paniceum

Least Concern

Drummond's phlox

Phlox drummondii

Not Evaluated

Dry Duster

Coniophora arida

Least Concern

Duck barnacle

Lepas anatifera

Not Evaluated

Duckbill Pimpernel

Bonnaya ruellioides

Least Concern

Ducklettuce

Ottelia alismoides

Least Concern

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna trisulca

Near Threatened

Duckwheat

Fagopyrum tataricum

Not Evaluated

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Dune-bean

Vigna marina

Least Concern

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Dung Cannon

Pilobolus crystallinus

Not Evaluated

Dun Tube-nosed Bat

Murina recondita

Least Concern

Dusky Bolete

Porphyrellus porphyrosporus

Near Threatened

dusky nerite

Neritina pulligera

Least Concern

Dusky-purple skate

Bathyraja matsubarai

Least Concern

Dusky Spreadwing

Lestes concinnus

Least Concern

Dusky Thrush

Turdus eunomus

Not Evaluated

Dutchman's Pipe Cactus

Epiphyllum oxypetalum

Least Concern

Dwarf eelgrass

Zostera japonica

Least Concern

Dwarf Fan Palm

Chamaerops humilis

Least Concern

Dwarf Hair-Grass

Eleocharis acicularis

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Hygrophila

Hygrophila polysperma

Not Evaluated

Dwarf lilyturf

Ophiopogon japonicus

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Palmetto

Sabal minor

Least Concern

Dwarf Setaria

Setaria italica

Not Evaluated

dwarf sperm whale

Kogia sima

Data Deficient

Dwarf Umbrella Grass

Cyperus diffusus

Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

Marsilea minuta

Least Concern

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