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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
357
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 51
Endangered 98
Vulnerable 208
Near Threatened 157
Least Concern 1242
Data Deficient 97
Not Evaluated 2661
Extinct 27

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

Lotus sweetjuice

Glinus lotoides

Least Concern

Love Apple

Paris polyphylla

Vulnerable

Low Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis autumnalis

Not Evaluated

lowland rotala

Rotala ramosior

Not Evaluated

Springtail

Sinella curviseta

Not Evaluated

Mite

Eulaelaps stabularis

Not Evaluated

Flesh fly

Sarcophaga albiceps

Least Concern

Wild Tantan

Desmanthus virgatus

Least Concern

Mite

Proctolaelaps pygmaeus

Not Evaluated

Rosy Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum hispidulum

Not Evaluated

Macarthur palm

Ptychosperma macarthurii

Not Evaluated

Pseudoclavibacter soli

Not Evaluated

Machilus oystershell

Lepidosaphes beckii

Not Evaluated

spine coral

Hydnophora grandis

Least Concern

Mite

Falculifer rostratus

Not Evaluated

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

red mangrove

Rhizophora stylosa

Least Concern

Gulosibacter molinativorax

Not Evaluated

Potato bush

Phyllanthus reticulatus

Least Concern

Primrose Yellow Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum primulinum

Critically Endangered

White-faced Plover

Charadrius dealbatus

Data Deficient

Synechocystis crassa

Not Evaluated

Madagascar widow's-thrill

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

Not Evaluated

Madamfate

Hippobroma longiflora

Not Evaluated

slender carpetweed

Glinus oppositifolius

Least Concern

Slender Cyperus

Cyperus distans

Not Evaluated

Taichu Salamander

Hynobius sonani

Endangered

Sacramento burbark

Triumfetta semitriloba

Least Concern

Synechocystis aquatilis

Not Evaluated

reed grass

Arundinella nepalensis

Least Concern

Synechocystis pevalekii

Not Evaluated

Monkey river prawn

Macrobrachium lar

Least Concern

male bamboo

Dendrocalamus strictus

Not Evaluated

Japanese swamp shrimp

Neocaridina denticulata

Least Concern

Grey Pansy

Junonia atlites

Not Evaluated

Hump-backed fly

Megaselia curtineura

Not Evaluated

Mandarin dogfish

Cirrhigaleus barbifer

Least Concern

mango-pine

Barringtonia asiatica

Least Concern

Mangrove fan palm

Licuala spinosa

Not Evaluated

Manna gum

Eucalyptus viminalis

Near Threatened

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

pygmy arrowhead

Sagittaria pygmaea

Least Concern

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Least Concern

Many-Rooted Earthball

Scleroderma polyrhizum

Not Evaluated

Pronghorn Spiny Lobster

Panulirus penicillatus

Least Concern

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon laminatus

Least Concern

Red-Bodied Batwing Swallowtail

Atrophaneura semperi

Least Concern

Lesser Shot Hole Borer

Xyleborinus saxeseni

Least Concern

Taiwan Waist Crab

Somanniathelphusa taiwanensis

Endangered

wrinkle coral

Coscinaraea crassa

Near Threatened

Indonesian Whaler Shark

Carcharhinus tjutjot

Vulnerable

Taiwanese Wedgefish

Rhynchobatus immaculatus

Critically Endangered

Spotted Coin Spider

Herennia multipuncta

Least Concern

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

disc coral

Turbinaria irregularis

Least Concern

common parlatoria scale

Parlatoria proteus

Not Evaluated

Elephant's Tooth

Coryphantha elephantidens

Least Concern

Java fern

Leptochilus pteropus

Least Concern

Frigid Cone

Conus frigidus

Least Concern

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

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