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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
326
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 52
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 173
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1378
Data Deficient 102
Not Evaluated 3040
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

sea albizia

Albizia retusa

Least Concern

Earthworm

Dichogaster bolaui

Not Evaluated

Leopard-spotted swellshark

Cephaloscyllium fasciatum

Critically Endangered

lesser valley coral

Platygyra contorta

Least Concern

Sumatran scleria

Scleria sumatrensis

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Aphidius colemani

Not Evaluated

Common,Banded Bullfrog

Kaloula pulchra

Least Concern

Fujian Large-headed Frog

Limnonectes fujianensis

Least Concern

Serillo Dulce

Schizachyrium brevifolium

Not Evaluated

Violet checkered beetle

Necrobia violacea

Least Concern

larger star coral

Favites pentagona

Least Concern

Fine Ashisawa Crab

Geothelphusa gracilipes

Data Deficient

Blousel Blommetjie

Commelina erecta

Least Concern

Blotchy swell shark

Cephaloscyllium umbratile

Near Threatened

Amycolatopsis bartoniae

Not Evaluated

Rhododendron

Rhododendron simsii

Not Evaluated

Methanocalculus taiwanensis

Not Evaluated

Queensland cycas

Cycas media

Least Concern

Latania scale

Hemiberlesia lataniae

Not Evaluated

crispy crust coral

Merulina scabricula

Least Concern

Hiptage

Hiptage benghalensis

Least Concern

Lysobacter ruishenii

Not Evaluated

Methanocalculus chunghsingensis

Not Evaluated

Lysobacter defluvii

Not Evaluated

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

Lanceleaf rattlebox

Crotalaria lanceolata

Least Concern

larger star coral

Favites flexuosa

Near Threatened

Malaysian persimmon

Diospyros maritima

Least Concern

Korean lawngrass

Zoysia japonica

Not Evaluated

European Red Mite

Panonychus ulmi

Not Evaluated

Indian Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Not Evaluated

Vine Moth

Eupoecilia ambiguella

Least Concern

Sichuan-pepper

Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Least Concern

Black wattle

Acacia mangium

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Prostrate wild petunia

Ruellia prostrata

Not Evaluated

Shore Fly

Scatella stagnalis

Not Evaluated

porous lettuce coral

Oxypora lacera

Least Concern

Rhizobium hainanense

Not Evaluated

Red flour beetle

Tribolium castaneum

Least Concern

Rhizobium jaguaris

Not Evaluated

Diaphanous pelagic octopod

Japetella diaphana

Least Concern

Rhizobium paranaense

Not Evaluated

Black-tip shark

Carcharhinus sorrah

Near Threatened

Long-legged Brown Frog

Rana longicrus

Vulnerable

Rhizobium cellulosilyticum

Not Evaluated

Calothrix cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Japanese wisteria

Wisteria floribunda

Not Evaluated

Roseomonas lacus

Not Evaluated

Kushneria avicenniae

Not Evaluated

Blacktip sawtail cat shark

Galeus sauteri

Least Concern

Badhamia panicea

Not Evaluated

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium haoranii

Not Evaluated

Japanese Squid

Loliolus japonica

Data Deficient

Japanese spurdog

Squalus japonicus

Endangered

Blacktip houndshark

Hypogaleus hyugaensis

Least Concern

Japanese spineless cuttlefish

Sepiella japonica

Data Deficient

Ruffled Freckle Pelt Lichen

Peltigera leucophlebia

Critically Endangered

Badhamia nitens

Not Evaluated

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