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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
402
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 58
Endangered 118
Vulnerable 226
Near Threatened 173
Least Concern 1476
Data Deficient 101
Not Evaluated 3095
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

Wasp

Pediobius pyrgo

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium awajiense

Not Evaluated

Wu Ze Large Crab

Geothelphusa tawu

Data Deficient

Microbacterium marinilacus

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium halophilum

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium amylolyticum

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium profundi

Not Evaluated

White Thread Fish

Holothuria leucospilota

Least Concern

Arthrobacter pascens

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter rhombi

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter subterraneus

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter ginkgonis

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter tecti

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter nanjingensis

Not Evaluated

Long-legged bat tick

Ixodes vespertilionis

Not Evaluated

Methanofollis formosanus

Not Evaluated

Root aphid

Forda marginata

Not Evaluated

Luchu Pine

Pinus luchuensis

Least Concern

Pugnose caridina

Caridina weberi

Least Concern

Mesorhizobium septentrionale

Not Evaluated

Roseibium hamelinense

Not Evaluated

Allorhizobium terrae

Not Evaluated

arghan

Aechmea magdalenae

Least Concern

Sculpted Lobster

Metanephrops sagamiensis

Data Deficient

Mesorhizobium plurifarium

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium sediminum

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium tamadayense

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium sophorae

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum

Not Evaluated

False Virgin Cone

Conus emaciatus

Least Concern

Clostridium peptidivorans

Not Evaluated

Asian Particolored Bat

Vespertilio sinensis

Least Concern

Saccharopolyspora endophytica

Not Evaluated

Goodfellowiella coeruleoviolacea

Not Evaluated

Hyphomicrobium facile

Not Evaluated

Kribbella aluminosa

Not Evaluated

Wide-taek Crab

Geothelphusa eurysoma

Data Deficient

Selenomonas lacticifex

Not Evaluated

Giant skate

Dipturus gigas

Near Threatened

Listeria ivanovii

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium hibernum

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium terrae

Not Evaluated

sperm whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Vulnerable

Bacillus thuringiensis

Not Evaluated

Two-toned Pygmy Squid

Idiosepius pygmaeus

Data Deficient

Salinicoccus siamensis

Not Evaluated

Laurilia sulcata

Vulnerable

Siphonobacter aquaeclarae

Not Evaluated

Citricoccus nitrophenolicus

Not Evaluated

Zooshikella ganghwensis

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas melonis

Not Evaluated

Luteimonas abyssi

Not Evaluated

Novosphingobium gossypii

Not Evaluated

Azorhizobium doebereinerae

Not Evaluated

Fukien Gold-striped Pond Frog

Pelophylax fukienensis

Least Concern

Arthrobacter citreus

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia hataii

Least Concern

Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus formosae

Least Concern

Arenimonas donghaensis

Not Evaluated

Lilac Mushroom

Agaricus porphyrizon

Least Concern

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