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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

Sap beetle

Epuraea ocularis

Not Evaluated

Tiger grass

Thysanolaena latifolia

Not Evaluated

Horn fly

Haematobia irritans

Not Evaluated

Parasol leaf tree

Macaranga tanarius

Least Concern

Foreign grain beetle

Ahasverus advena

Least Concern

Mite

Tetranychus evansi

Not Evaluated

Book louse

Liposcelis entomophila

Not Evaluated

Banded whiptail ray

Maculabatis gerrardi

Endangered

Weeping Toothcrust

Dacryobolus sudans

Vulnerable

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Tropical soda apple

Solanum viarum

Least Concern

Ground beetle

Plochionus pallens

Not Evaluated

Maritime earwig

Anisolabis maritima

Not Evaluated

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

Bombay Blackwood

Dalbergia latifolia

Vulnerable

Banded Whip Lobster

Puerulus angulatus

Least Concern

anemone coral

Goniopora columna

Near Threatened

Rose Flea Beetle

Luperomorpha xanthodera

Not Evaluated

Privet mite

Brevipalpus obovatus

Not Evaluated

Boletus erythropus

Least Concern

Japanese jumper worm

Amynthas corticis

Not Evaluated

Ross scale

Lindingaspis rossi

Not Evaluated

Wedge-shaped beetle

Ripidius pectinicornis

Not Evaluated

mining scale

Howardia biclavis

Not Evaluated

sperm whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Vulnerable

Banded thrip

Franklinothrips vespiformis

Not Evaluated

Mite

Cheyletus eruditus

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium terrae

Not Evaluated

Pale chrysanthemum aphid

Coloradoa rufomaculata

Not Evaluated

Glover scale

Lepidosaphes gloverii

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium hibernum

Not Evaluated

Cheese skipper

Piophila casei

Not Evaluated

Flat Fruited Pelt

Peltigera horizontalis

Endangered

Listeria ivanovii

Not Evaluated

Lobster cockroach

Nauphoeta cinerea

Not Evaluated

Cucumber moth

Diaphania indica

Not Evaluated

Giant skate

Dipturus gigas

Near Threatened

Banded greenhouse thrips

Hercinothrips femoralis

Not Evaluated

anemone coral

Goniopora burgosi

Vulnerable

Maruca pod borer

Maruca vitrata

Not Evaluated

Fish-bone Cassia

Chamaecrista mimosoides

Least Concern

Selenomonas lacticifex

Not Evaluated

Locust Blowfly

Stomorhina lunata

Not Evaluated

Dead Man'S Fingers

Codium fragile

Not Evaluated

Wide-taek Crab

Geothelphusa eurysoma

Data Deficient

narrow-leaf paperbark

Melaleuca alternifolia

Not Evaluated

Flame lily

Gloriosa superba

Least Concern

Kribbella aluminosa

Not Evaluated

Hyphomicrobium facile

Not Evaluated

bandana-of-the-Everglades

Canna flaccida

Not Evaluated

leaf coral

Pavona venosa

Vulnerable

Goodfellowiella coeruleoviolacea

Not Evaluated

leaf coral

Pavona varians

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona frondifera

Least Concern

Saccharopolyspora endophytica

Not Evaluated

Blunt-Leaf Grove-Sandwort

Moehringia lateriflora

Vulnerable

leaf coral

Pavona cactus

Vulnerable

leaf coral

Pavona duerdeni

Least Concern

Asian Particolored Bat

Vespertilio sinensis

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona danai

Vulnerable

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