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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

Banded eagle ray

Aetomylaeus nichofii

Vulnerable

Bat ray

Aetomylaeus maculatus

Endangered

Beautiful Pearl

Agrotera nemoralis

Least Concern

Asian house shrew

Suncus murinus

Least Concern

Bigeye thresher

Alopias pelagicus

Endangered

Blistering Ammania

Ammannia baccifera

Least Concern

Black-winged Myotis

Myotis rufoniger

Least Concern

Brown eagle-ray

Aetomylaeus milvus

Endangered

candelabra aloe

Aloe arborescens

Least Concern

Chinese Pipistrelle

Hypsugo pulveratus

Least Concern

Chinese Water Myotis

Myotis laniger

Least Concern

Bicolored Tube-nosed Bat

Murina bicolor

Least Concern

Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

Murina gracilis

Least Concern

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Cynopterus sphinx

Least Concern

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops aduncus

Near Threatened

Lesser Hairy-winged Bat

Harpiocephalus harpia

Least Concern

Leschenault's rousette

Rousettus leschenaultii

Near Threatened

Polynesian rat

Rattus exulans

Least Concern

Cuvier's beaked whale

Ziphius cavirostris

Least Concern

Japanese Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus abramus

Least Concern

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Formosan rock macaque

Macaca cyclopis

Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

Rattus tanezumi

Least Concern

Snow banana

Ensete glaucum

Least Concern

Broadmouth cat shark

Apristurus macrostomus

Least Concern

Long-toed Myotis

Myotis secundus

Least Concern

Borneo cat shark

Apristurus platyrhynchus

Least Concern

Ruffled Freckle Pelt Lichen

Peltigera leucophlebia

Critically Endangered

Flavobacterium haoranii

Not Evaluated

Kushneria avicenniae

Not Evaluated

Roseomonas lacus

Not Evaluated

Calothrix cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium cellulosilyticum

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium paranaense

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium jaguaris

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium hainanense

Not Evaluated

Shore Fly

Scatella stagnalis

Not Evaluated

Sichuan-pepper

Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Least Concern

Vine Moth

Eupoecilia ambiguella

Least Concern

European Red Mite

Panonychus ulmi

Not Evaluated

larger star coral

Favites flexuosa

Near Threatened

Lysobacter defluvii

Not Evaluated

Lysobacter ruishenii

Not Evaluated

crispy crust coral

Merulina scabricula

Least Concern

Queensland cycas

Cycas media

Least Concern

Fine Ashisawa Crab

Geothelphusa gracilipes

Data Deficient

Fujian Large-headed Frog

Limnonectes fujianensis

Least Concern

Sumatran scleria

Scleria sumatrensis

Least Concern

lesser valley coral

Platygyra contorta

Least Concern

sea albizia

Albizia retusa

Least Concern

Mycetocola tolaasinivorans

Not Evaluated

hump coral

Porites australiensis

Least Concern

Microbacterium murale

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium thalassium

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora hoffmeisteri

Least Concern

Microbacterium tumbae

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium neimengense

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium arborescens

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium ulmi

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium jejuense

Not Evaluated

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