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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

Blue Bottle Fly

Calliphora vomitoria

Least Concern

Ball Mustard

Neslia paniculata

Endangered

Sumatran scleria

Scleria sumatrensis

Least Concern

Fujian Large-headed Frog

Limnonectes fujianensis

Least Concern

gold-spot octopus

Amphioctopus fangsiao

Least Concern

Fine Ashisawa Crab

Geothelphusa gracilipes

Data Deficient

Baikal skullcap

Scutellaria baicalensis

Not Evaluated

Amycolatopsis bartoniae

Not Evaluated

Queensland cycas

Cycas media

Least Concern

crispy crust coral

Merulina scabricula

Least Concern

Lysobacter ruishenii

Not Evaluated

Lysobacter defluvii

Not Evaluated

larger star coral

Favites flexuosa

Near Threatened

European Red Mite

Panonychus ulmi

Not Evaluated

Vine Moth

Eupoecilia ambiguella

Least Concern

Sichuan-pepper

Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Least Concern

Black wattle

Acacia mangium

Not Evaluated

bagflower

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

Not Evaluated

Shore Fly

Scatella stagnalis

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium hainanense

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium jaguaris

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium paranaense

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium cellulosilyticum

Not Evaluated

Calothrix cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Roseomonas lacus

Not Evaluated

Kushneria avicenniae

Not Evaluated

Badhamia panicea

Not Evaluated

Amur grape

Vitis amurensis

Not Evaluated

Alberta Spruce

Picea glauca

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium haoranii

Not Evaluated

Streambank bulrush

Schoenoplectus triqueter

Critically Endangered

Ruffled Freckle Pelt Lichen

Peltigera leucophlebia

Critically Endangered

Common Wall Cress

Arabidopsis thaliana

Least Concern

Badhamia nitens

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

Long-toed Myotis

Myotis secundus

Least Concern

Black Threadtail

Prodasineura autumnalis

Least Concern

Badhamia affinis

Not Evaluated

ampulle bubble

Bulla ampulla

Not Evaluated

Broadmouth cat shark

Apristurus macrostomus

Least Concern

Blackthorn Rust

Tranzschelia pruni-spinosae

Not Evaluated

Snow banana

Ensete glaucum

Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

Rattus tanezumi

Least Concern

Bacteriastrum hyalinum

Not Evaluated

Himalayan Water Shrew

Chimarrogale himalayica

Least Concern

Greater Bandicoot Rat

Bandicota indica

Least Concern

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Bacterial Speck

Pseudomonas syringae

Not Evaluated

Amphora ovalis

Not Evaluated

akaika

Ommastrephes bartramii

Not Evaluated

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Blood Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

Not Evaluated

Bacterial Crown Gall

Agrobacterium radiobacter

Not Evaluated

Blister Buttercup

Ranunculus sceleratus

Least Concern

Bacillus anthracis

Not Evaluated

Amphora commutata

Not Evaluated

Japanese Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus abramus

Least Concern

Polynesian rat

Rattus exulans

Least Concern

Bleeker's butterfly ray

Gymnura zonura

Endangered

Leschenault's rousette

Rousettus leschenaultii

Near Threatened

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