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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
486
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 67
Endangered 148
Vulnerable 271
Near Threatened 212
Least Concern 1730
Data Deficient 133
Not Evaluated 3193
Extinct 31

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

Sculpted Lobster

Metanephrops sagamiensis

Data Deficient

Bamboo pit scale

Bambusaspis bambusae

Not Evaluated

Andaman Lobster

Metanephrops andamanicus

Least Concern

Allorhizobium terrae

Not Evaluated

Roseibium hamelinense

Not Evaluated

blue swimming crab

Portunus pelagicus

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium septentrionale

Not Evaluated

Birch Brittlegill

Russula betularum

Least Concern

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Pugnose caridina

Caridina weberi

Least Concern

Luchu Pine

Pinus luchuensis

Least Concern

blue sage

Salvia patens

Not Evaluated

Root aphid

Forda marginata

Not Evaluated

Methanofollis formosanus

Not Evaluated

Blue Riverdamsel

Pseudagrion microcephalum

Least Concern

Ancylobacter rudongensis

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax xenomutans

Not Evaluated

Long-legged bat tick

Ixodes vespertilionis

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter nanjingensis

Not Evaluated

Blue rattlesnake

Crotalaria verrucosa

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter tecti

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter ginkgonis

Not Evaluated

Blue Pouchwort

Calypogeia azurea

Critically Endangered

Bamboo longhorn beetle

Chlorophorus annularis

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter subterraneus

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter rhombi

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter pascens

Not Evaluated

White Thread Fish

Holothuria leucospilota

Least Concern

blue-lined octopus

Hapalochlaena fasciata

Least Concern

Anabaena menderi

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium profundi

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium amylolyticum

Not Evaluated

Blue Jellyskin

Leptogium cyanescens

Endangered

Microbacterium halophilum

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium marinilacus

Not Evaluated

Bluegreen saltbush

Atriplex nummularia

Not Evaluated

Wu Ze Large Crab

Geothelphusa tawu

Data Deficient

Microbacterium awajiense

Not Evaluated

Wasp

Pediobius pyrgo

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium jejuense

Not Evaluated

Blue Flag

Iris virginica

Least Concern

Balloon vine

Cardiospermum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Anabaena lcylindrica

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax dieselolei

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter malorum

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium ulmi

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium arborescens

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium neimengense

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium tumbae

Not Evaluated

boisduval scale

Diaspis boisduvalii

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora hoffmeisteri

Least Concern

Microbacterium thalassium

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium murale

Not Evaluated

hump coral

Porites australiensis

Least Concern

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

Amycolatopsis salitolerans

Not Evaluated

Mycetocola tolaasinivorans

Not Evaluated

sea albizia

Albizia retusa

Least Concern

human

Homo sapiens

Not Evaluated

lesser valley coral

Platygyra contorta

Least Concern

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