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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

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

Asian Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Not Evaluated

Forked Spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale

Critically Endangered

Desertibacter roseus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora friabilis

Vulnerable

Brown twig beetle

Xylosandrus morigerus

Not Evaluated

Four-spot Midget

Mortonagrion hirosei

Near Threatened

Burkholderia seminalis

Not Evaluated

disc coral

Turbinaria mesenterina

Vulnerable

Cladonia ciliata

Least Concern

Kurrajong

Brachychiton populneus

Not Evaluated

kuruma prawn

Penaeus japonicus

Not Evaluated

Kwangtung skate

Dipturus kwangtungensis

Data Deficient

Mallee Pine

Callitris preissii

Least Concern

Malayan spurge tree

Euphorbia antiquorum

Least Concern

Roseibium album

Not Evaluated

Roseomonas gilardii

Not Evaluated

Formosan Cypress

Chamaecyparis formosensis

Endangered

Fragrant premna

Premna odorata

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona clavus

Least Concern

Small-leaf climbing fern

Lygodium microphyllum

Least Concern

Aphanothece saxicola

Not Evaluated

Magic-Lily

Lycoris squamigera

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium lacus

Not Evaluated

Smoky Rim Lichen

Lecanora cenisia

Data Deficient

Chinese Edible Frog

Hoplobatrachus rugulosus

Least Concern

Chinese cork oak

Quercus variabilis

Least Concern

Asian netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Not Evaluated

arching bushweed

Flueggea suffruticosa

Not Evaluated

porcelain coral

Leptoseris amitoriensis

Near Threatened

pore coral

Montipora spongodes

Least Concern

Microbacterium enclense

Not Evaluated

Body louse

Pediculus humanus

Not Evaluated

large-leaved leafy moss

Rhizomnium magnifolium

Least Concern

larger star coral

Favites halicora

Near Threatened

larger star coral

Favites chinensis

Near Threatened

larger star coral

Favites abdita

Near Threatened

Tenacibaculum aiptasiae

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Diaeretiella rapae

Not Evaluated

Robertkochia marina

Not Evaluated

Brazilian pennywort

Hydrocotyle leucocephala

Not Evaluated

Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Not Evaluated

Enteractinococcus fodinae

Not Evaluated

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Cabbage whitefly

Aleyrodes proletella

Not Evaluated

Chinese chastetree

Vitex negundo

Least Concern

Lawson's Cypress

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Not Evaluated

Asian marshweed

Limnophila sessiliflora

Least Concern

Iceland Lichen

Cetraria islandica

Least Concern

Ensifer shofinae

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus gallinarum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Catalpa

Catalpa ovata

Not Evaluated

Micrococcus cohnii

Not Evaluated

Taiga tick

Ixodes persulcatus

Not Evaluated

Mite

Veigaia planicola

Not Evaluated

Jersey Fern

Anogramma leptophylla

Extinct

Marine bryozoan

Aetea truncata

Not Evaluated

Tufted Button

Acleris cristana

Least Concern

Warty Beard Lichen

Usnea ceratina

Extinct

Leadhued skate

Notoraja tobitukai

Least Concern

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Not Evaluated

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