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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

Clostridium peptidivorans

Not Evaluated

blue wiss

Teramnus labialis

Not Evaluated

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

anemone coral

Goniopora fruticosa

Least Concern

Adlafia suchlandtii

Not Evaluated

Rice moth

Corcyra cephalonica

Not Evaluated

False Virgin Cone

Conus emaciatus

Least Concern

Pomace fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Not Evaluated

Leadhued skate

Notoraja tobitukai

Least Concern

Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum

Not Evaluated

Bluewings

Torenia fournieri

Not Evaluated

Warty Beard Lichen

Usnea ceratina

Extinct

Tufted Button

Acleris cristana

Least Concern

Mesorhizobium sophorae

Not Evaluated

Marine bryozoan

Aetea truncata

Not Evaluated

Taiwan Fir

Abies kawakamii

Near Threatened

Mesorhizobium tamadayense

Not Evaluated

Banana shrub

Magnolia figo

Least Concern

Mite

Veigaia planicola

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium sediminum

Not Evaluated

Ghost shark

Hydrolagus mitsukurii

Near Threatened

Mesorhizobium plurifarium

Not Evaluated

Mite

Phytoseiulus persimilis

Not Evaluated

Sculpted Lobster

Metanephrops sagamiensis

Data Deficient

Iceland Lichen

Cetraria islandica

Least Concern

arghan

Aechmea magdalenae

Least Concern

Bamboo pit scale

Bambusaspis bambusae

Not Evaluated

Andaman Lobster

Metanephrops andamanicus

Least Concern

Allorhizobium terrae

Not Evaluated

Cabbage whitefly

Aleyrodes proletella

Not Evaluated

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Roseibium hamelinense

Not Evaluated

Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Not Evaluated

Brazilian pennywort

Hydrocotyle leucocephala

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium saperdae

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium septentrionale

Not Evaluated

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Diaeretiella rapae

Not Evaluated

Pugnose caridina

Caridina weberi

Least Concern

larger star coral

Favites abdita

Near Threatened

larger star coral

Favites chinensis

Near Threatened

Luchu Pine

Pinus luchuensis

Least Concern

larger star coral

Favites halicora

Near Threatened

Root aphid

Forda marginata

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium flavescens

Not Evaluated

Methanofollis formosanus

Not Evaluated

Blue Riverdamsel

Pseudagrion microcephalum

Least Concern

bamboo mussel-scale

Pinnaspis buxi

Not Evaluated

Ancylobacter rudongensis

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax xenomutans

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora spongodes

Least Concern

porcelain coral

Leptoseris amitoriensis

Near Threatened

Long-legged bat tick

Ixodes vespertilionis

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter nanjingensis

Not Evaluated

Blue rattlesnake

Crotalaria verrucosa

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Arthrobacter tecti

Not Evaluated

Smoky Rim Lichen

Lecanora cenisia

Data Deficient

Microbacterium lacus

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter ginkgonis

Not Evaluated

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