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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
243
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 24
Endangered 74
Vulnerable 145
Near Threatened 125
Least Concern 856
Data Deficient 90
Not Evaluated 2280
Extinct 15

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

Chinese fir

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Least Concern

branched cup coral

Blastomussa merleti

Least Concern

Pink jasmine

Jasminum polyanthum

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora peltiformis

Near Threatened

net coral

Alveopora tizardi

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites lichen

Least Concern

Alisan's Salamander

Hynobius arisanensis

Endangered

Hen Pen

Bryopsis plumosa

Least Concern

Green String Lettuce

Ulva linza

Least Concern

Flexuous Gutweed

Ulva flexuosa

Least Concern

Thread Weed

Ulva compressa

Least Concern

Sea Hair

Chaetomorpha linum

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora meandrina

Least Concern

Gut Weed

Ulva intestinalis

Least Concern

Lawn Marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Not Evaluated

Hainan clubtail

Asiagomphus hainanensis

Least Concern

Lesser Crestwort

Lophocolea minor

Least Concern

Brazilian peppertree

Schinus terebinthifolia

Not Evaluated

European birch aphid

Euceraphis punctipennis

Not Evaluated

net coral

Alveopora excelsa

Endangered

Japanese Spiny Lobster

Panulirus japonicus

Data Deficient

pore coral

Montipora informis

Least Concern

Plum Mildew

Podosphaera tridactyla

Not Evaluated

crust coral

Leptastrea transversa

Least Concern

crust coral

Leptastrea bewickensis

Near Threatened

Coffin Tree

Taiwania cryptomerioides

Vulnerable

Ceylon gooseberry

Dovyalis hebecarpa

Not Evaluated

Ceylon-olive

Elaeocarpus serratus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora grisea

Least Concern

Yellow-green Crab

Geothelphusa olea

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora mollis

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora elegans

Vulnerable

Paraguayan starbur

Acanthospermum australe

Not Evaluated

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora woodjonesi

Least Concern

Gossamer Wattle

Acacia floribunda

Least Concern

Wood's Whipwort

Mastigophora woodsii

Not Evaluated

Polyoeca dichotoma

Not Evaluated

Fiji fan palm

Pritchardia pacifica

Not Evaluated

flame-violet

Episcia cupreata

Not Evaluated

plate coral

Heliofungia actiniformis

Vulnerable

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

White-flowered black mangrove

Lumnitzera racemosa

Least Concern

Finger Coral

Acropora humilis

Near Threatened

Japanese Spear Lobster

Linuparus trigonus

Least Concern

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

disc coral

Turbinaria stellulata

Vulnerable

porcelain coral

Leptoseris mycetoseroides

Least Concern

Square-spot Crest

Hypatima rhomboidella

Least Concern

Siamese grain beetle

Lophocateres pusillus

Not Evaluated

Lazy Chelifer

Withius piger

Not Evaluated

bracket coral

Podabacia crustacea

Least Concern

Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda

Not Evaluated

Japanese Blunthorn Lobster

Palinustus waguensis

Least Concern

Black scavenger fly

Sepsis thoracica

Not Evaluated

Reddish Myotis

Myotis soror

Data Deficient

Frosty Bonnet

Mycena tenerrima

Not Evaluated

Two-spot Locust Lobster

Remiarctus bertholdii

Least Concern

Pygmy Wisp

Agriocnemis pygmaea

Least Concern

Red Algae

Spyridia filamentosa

Not Evaluated

Large peach aphid

Myzus varians

Not Evaluated

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