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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

Sphingobacterium cladoniae

Not Evaluated

Sinomonas susongensis

Not Evaluated

Characteristic Cone

Conus caracteristicus

Least Concern

Sinomonas atrocyanea

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter luteolus

Not Evaluated

Aphanomyces cladogamus

Not Evaluated

Silanimonas lenta

Not Evaluated

Salinicoccus salsiraiae

Not Evaluated

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

Rummeliibacillus suwonensis

Not Evaluated

Champak

Magnolia champaca

Least Concern

Arthrobacter gandavensis

Not Evaluated

Salinicoccus roseus

Not Evaluated

Salinicoccus sesuvii

Not Evaluated

Chameleon

Houttuynia cordata

Not Evaluated

Rummeliibacillus pycnus

Not Evaluated

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

Arthrobacter crystallopoietes

Not Evaluated

Aphanocapsa grevillei

Not Evaluated

Alternaria alternata

Not Evaluated

African pillow coral

Siderastrea savignyana

Least Concern

Rothia koreensis

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium wenxiniae

Not Evaluated

Challenger skate

Bathyraja isotrachys

Least Concern

Rhizobium pongamiae

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium favelukesii

Not Evaluated

Chalk Comb-Moss

Ctenidium molluscum

Endangered

Aurora Swallowtail

Atrophaneura horishanus

Near Threatened

Rhizobium gallicum

Not Evaluated

Chak Ko Shan Crab

Geothelphusa monticola

Least Concern

Rhizobium multihospitium

Not Evaluated

Rhodoplanes elegans

Not Evaluated

chaffweed

Lysimachia minima

Vulnerable

Atlantic Surf Clam

Spisula solidissima

Not Evaluated

Aphanocapsa delicatissima

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium laguerreae

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros vistulae

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros subtilis

Not Evaluated

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

Cucurbita maxima

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros socialis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros lauderi

Not Evaluated

Aphanizomenon flosaquae

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter fulvus

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas wuyuanensis

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas spadix

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros didymus

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas sangjuensis

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros decipiens

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas indica

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros curvisetus

Not Evaluated

Quinqueloculina seminulum

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros constrictus

Not Evaluated

Apetalous sandwort

Moehringia trinervia

Least Concern

Puccinia polygoni-amphibii

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros compressus

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas taiwanensis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros castracanei

Not Evaluated

Porphyrobacter tepidarius

Not Evaluated

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