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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
357
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 51
Endangered 98
Vulnerable 208
Near Threatened 157
Least Concern 1242
Data Deficient 97
Not Evaluated 2661
Extinct 27

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

Runner Bean

Phaseolus coccineus

Not Evaluated

Running mountaingrass

Oplismenus compositus

Least Concern

Ruppell's octopus squid

Octopoteuthis sicula

Data Deficient

Rush veneer

Nomophila noctuella

Not Evaluated

Russell'S Bolete

Aureoboletus russellii

Not Evaluated

Russet Bush Warbler

Locustella mandelli

Least Concern

Russian Conecap

Strobilurus stephanocystis

Least Concern

Rust Colored Crab

Geothelphusa ferruginea

Data Deficient

Rust fungus

Uromyces spegazzinii

Not Evaluated

Rust fungus

Puccinia hemerocallidis

Not Evaluated

Rustic Bunting

Emberiza rustica

Critically Endangered

Rusty Dot

Udea ferrugalis

Not Evaluated

Rusty Pennies

Puccinia hydrocotyles

Not Evaluated

Rusty Swan-Neck Moss

Campylopus flexuosus

Not Evaluated

Rusty Woodwart

Hypoxylon rubiginosum

Least Concern

Ryukyu Minivet

Pericrocotus tegimae

Least Concern

Ryukyu Mouse

Mus caroli

Least Concern

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabini

Least Concern

Sacramento burbark

Triumfetta semitriloba

Least Concern

sacred anisetree

Illicium anisatum

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Sacred lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

Not Evaluated

saffron

Crocus sativus

Not Evaluated

Saffron Soldiers

Trichia scabra

Not Evaluated

saffron spike

Aphelandra squarrosa

Not Evaluated

Saguaro

Carnegiea gigantea

Least Concern

Sakhalin Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus borealoides

Least Concern

Salamander shark

Parmaturus pilosus

Least Concern

Salmon-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua moluccensis

Vulnerable

salp

Thalia democratica

Not Evaluated

Salted Ruffle Lichen

Parmotrema crinitum

Vulnerable

Salted shell lichen

Coccocarpia palmicola

Not Evaluated

Salted Starburst Lichen

Imshaugia aleurites

Near Threatened

Sandal-eyed squid

Sandalops melancholicus

Data Deficient

sandboxtree

Hura crepitans

Not Evaluated

Sand Dollar Cactus

Astrophytum asterias

Vulnerable

sand-dusted cone

Conus arenatus

Least Concern

Sander's Alocasia

Alocasia sanderiana

Critically Endangered

Sandy soil foam

Stereocaulon condensatum

Near Threatened

Santa maria feverfew

Parthenium hysterophorus

Not Evaluated

Santol

Sandoricum koetjape

Least Concern

Sap beetle

Carpophilus mutilatus

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Urophorus humeralis

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Carpophilus marginellus

Least Concern

Sap beetle

Epuraea ocularis

Not Evaluated

Sapodilla

Manilkara zapota

Not Evaluated

sapphire-flower

Browallia speciosa

Not Evaluated

saramatta grass

Ischaemum rugosum

Least Concern

Sasanqua camellia

Camellia sasanqua

Least Concern

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Least Concern

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

sawah-flower-rush

Limnocharis flava

Not Evaluated

Sawara Cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera

Not Evaluated

Sawtoothed grain beetle

Oryzaephilus surinamensis

Not Evaluated

Sawtooth oak

Quercus acutissima

Least Concern

Scalloped Spiny Lobster

Panulirus homarus

Least Concern

Scaly Dog-Lichen

Peltigera praetextata

Least Concern

Scaly Knight

Tricholoma vaccinum

Least Concern

Scalyleg mite

Knemidokoptes mutans

Not Evaluated

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