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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 hard clam

Meretrix lusoria

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium daejeonense

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium composti

Not Evaluated

Chinese jumper worm

Amynthas gracilis

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas yabuuchiae

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas trueperi

Not Evaluated

Asian Grass Frog/Common Pond Frog/Field Frog/Grass Frog/Indian Rice Frog

Fejervarya limnocharis

Least Concern

Aphid parasite

Aphidius ervi

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas panni

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas ginsenosidimutans

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas colocasiae

Not Evaluated

Sphingomicrobium astaxanthinifaciens

Not Evaluated

Chinese ginseng

Panax ginseng

Not Evaluated

Asian China-mark

Elophila difflualis

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium olei

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium cloacae

Not Evaluated

Chinese gall

Rhus chinensis

Least Concern

Sphingobium abikonense

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium siyangense

Not Evaluated

Chinese Foxtail

Setaria faberi

Not Evaluated

Asian Barbastelle

Barbastella darjelingensis

Least Concern

Aphid

Aphis rumicis

Not Evaluated

Amadis cone

Conus amadis

Least Concern

Achlya prolifera

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter cibinongensis

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium ginsenosidimutans

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas mucosissima

Not Evaluated

Chinese evergreen

Aglaonema costatum

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas paucimobilis

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas oligoaromativorans

Not Evaluated

Chinese elm

Ulmus parvifolia

Least Concern

Asian Ambrosia Beetle

Xyleborinus attenuatus

Least Concern

Sphingomonas lacus

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas jaspsi

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium scionense

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium amiense

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Brittlestem

Homophron spadiceum

Least Concern

Ashy pipewort

Eriocaulon cinereum

Least Concern

Aphanothece stagnina

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium spiritivorum

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium pakistanensis

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Blight

Cryphonectria parasitica

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas naasensis

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas flava

Not Evaluated

Cherokee rose

Rosa laevigata

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium rhizovicinum

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium yamdrokense

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium mucilaginosum

Not Evaluated

Sphingopyxis alaskensis

Not Evaluated

Chenopodium aphid

Hayhurstia atriplicis

Not Evaluated

Ash whitefly parasitoid

Encarsia inaron

Not Evaluated

Aphanothece nidulans

Not Evaluated

Alternaria brassicae

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas yunnanensis

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium mellinum

Not Evaluated

Chelativorans multitrophicus

Not Evaluated

Solibacillus silvestris

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium canadense

Not Evaluated

Cheilymenia theleboloides

Least Concern

Ascodesmis nigricans

Least Concern

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