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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 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

Wardrobe beetle

Attagenus fasciatus

Not Evaluated

Warehouse beetle

Trogoderma variabile

Not Evaluated

Warer willow

Justicia gendarussa

Not Evaluated

Warty Beard Lichen

Usnea ceratina

Extinct

Wasp

Pediobius pyrgo

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Arrhenophagus chionaspidis

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Aphytis proclia

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Lariophagus distinguendus

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Passaloecus insignis

Least Concern

water-apple

Syzygium aqueum

Not Evaluated

Water Buffalo

Bubalus bubalis

Not Evaluated

Water Chickweed

Stellaria aquatica

Not Evaluated

Watercock

Gallicrex cinerea

Least Concern

Watercress Algae

Halimeda opuntia

Not Evaluated

water fern

Ceratopteris thalictroides

Not Evaluated

Water flea

Chydorus sphaericus

Not Evaluated

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

waterlily aphid

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae

Not Evaluated

watermelon pepper

Peperomia argyreia

Not Evaluated

Waterpoppy

Hydrocleys nymphoides

Not Evaluated

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon laminatus

Least Concern

Water-snowflake

Nymphoides indica

Least Concern

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

Water-wisteria

Hygrophila difformis

Least Concern

Water yam

Dioscorea alata

Not Evaluated

Wavyleaf sea lavender

Limonium sinuatum

Not Evaluated

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

weasel cone

Conus mustelinus

Least Concern

Webbing clothes moth

Tineola bisselliella

Least Concern

Wedge-shaped beetle

Ripidius pectinicornis

Not Evaluated

Weeping fig

Ficus benjamina

Not Evaluated

Weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula

Not Evaluated

Weeping Toothcrust

Dacryobolus sudans

Vulnerable

Weeping Widow

Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

Least Concern

weeping willow

Salix babylonica

Not Evaluated

Welsh onion

Allium fistulosum

Critically Endangered

Wenzel s notchwort

Lophozia wenzelii

Least Concern

western cudweed

Gnaphalium polycaulon

Not Evaluated

Western Hemlock-spruce

Tsuga heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

Least Concern

West indian gherkin

Cucumis anguria

Not Evaluated

West Indian mahogany

Swietenia mahagoni

Near Threatened

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

West Indian scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

Not Evaluated

West indian woodnettle

Laportea aestuans

Extinct

Whiparm octopus

Octopus minor

Data Deficient

whiskerplant

Orthosiphon aristatus

Not Evaluated

Whisk Fern

Psilotum nudum

Least Concern

White Adder'S Mouth

Malaxis monophyllos

Vulnerable

White Beak Sedge

Rhynchospora alba

Vulnerable

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Haliaeetus leucogaster

Least Concern

Whiteberry Yew

Pseudotaxus chienii

Vulnerable

White Carnival Candy Slime Mold

Arcyria cinerea

Not Evaluated

White Cockatoo

Cacatua alba

Endangered

White Dapperling

Leucoagaricus leucothites

Least Concern

White-eared Sibia

Heterophasia auricularis

Least Concern

white earwort

Diplophyllum albicans

Vulnerable

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