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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

pore coral

Montipora nodosa

Near Threatened

Oceanic Lychee

Pometia pinnata

Least Concern

Ocellated angel shark

Squatina tergocellatoides

Endangered

Ocellate spot skate

Okamejei kenojei

Vulnerable

Giant Golden Orb Weaver

Nephila pilipes

Least Concern

Chinese-sassafras

Cinnamomum micranthum

Least Concern

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

old-lady pincushion

Mammillaria hahniana

Near Threatened

Hairy abutilon

Abutilon grandifolium

Not Evaluated

Olive

Olea europaea

Not Evaluated

Olive Brittlegill

Russula olivacea

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora capitata

Near Threatened

olive hymenachne

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

Not Evaluated

Changeable Rock-moss

Andreaea mutabilis

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora spumosa

Least Concern

Tozer's Thread-moss

Epipterygium tozeri

Not Evaluated

porcelain coral

Leptoseris explanata

Least Concern

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

One Colored Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum concolor

Endangered

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

hump coral

Porites compressa

Least Concern

American Bull Frog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Not Evaluated

Pink Segmented Algae

Jania adhaerens

Not Evaluated

Fuzzy Tip Algae

Neomeris annulata

Not Evaluated

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Hypomedon debilicornis

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Philonthus parvicornis

Least Concern

Chrysanthemum White Rust

Puccinia horiana

Not Evaluated

Green Bubble Weed

Dictyosphaeria cavernosa

Not Evaluated

Ornate eagle ray

Aetomylaeus vespertilio

Endangered

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Ornate Narrow-mouthed Frog

Microhyla fissipes

Least Concern

Sea Pearl

Valonia ventricosa

Not Evaluated

Jade plant

Crassula ovata

Not Evaluated

Nettleleaf velvetberry

Stachytarpheta urticifolia

Not Evaluated

Mint Mildew

Neoerysiphe galeopsidis

Not Evaluated

Mint Rust

Puccinia menthae

Not Evaluated

Organ-Pipe Lichen

Cladonia crispata

Least Concern

Dung Cannon

Pilobolus crystallinus

Not Evaluated

Sandy soil foam

Stereocaulon condensatum

Near Threatened

Beetle

Silvanus lewisi

Not Evaluated

Rose Black-Spot

Diplocarpon rosae

Not Evaluated

Japanese mazus

Mazus pumilus

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Rosy Wood Mushroom

Agaricus dulcidulus

Least Concern

Goblin Lights

Catolechia wahlenbergii

Least Concern

Sea Storm Lichen

Cetrelia olivetorum

Vulnerable

Ege-kulbær

Jackrogersella minutella

Not Evaluated

Carpet Pelt

Peltigera neopolydactyla

Data Deficient

Salted shell lichen

Coccocarpia palmicola

Not Evaluated

Smokey-Eyed Boulder Lichen

Porpidia albocaerulescens

Not Evaluated

Shinella granuli

Not Evaluated

owl's-eye

Mammillaria parkinsonii

Endangered

pore coral

Montipora millepora

Least Concern

Many-Fruited Pelt Lichen

Peltigera polydactylon

Data Deficient

Nipplewort Rust

Puccinia lapsanae

Not Evaluated

Pacific Leach's cranch squid

Leachia pacifica

Data Deficient

Japanese pear rust

Gymnosporangium asiaticum

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

paddle grass

Halophila decipiens

Least Concern

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