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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

Pontibacter korlensis

Not Evaluated

Pontibacter aurantiacus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros brevis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros borealis

Not Evaluated

Antrodiella romellii

Data Deficient

Altererythrobacter aestuarii

Not Evaluated

Achlya diffusa

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium psychrophilum

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium flavidum

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros anastomosans

Not Evaluated

Planococcus rifietoensis

Not Evaluated

Pseudo-nitzschia pungens

Not Evaluated

Ceriporia viridans

Least Concern

Porphyrobacter colymbi

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium okeanokoites

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium chinense

Not Evaluated

Pseudanabaena limnetica

Not Evaluated

Ceriporia reticulata

Least Concern

Antrodia heteromorpha

Critically Endangered

Physarum viride

Not Evaluated

Phacus hamelii

Not Evaluated

Ceratium teres

Not Evaluated

Photobacterium ganghwense

Not Evaluated

Physarum psittacinum

Not Evaluated

Ceratium inflatum

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia mesolepta

Not Evaluated

Cellulophaga fucicola

Not Evaluated

Arrow bamboo

Pseudosasa japonica

Not Evaluated

Anthracobia maurilabra

Least Concern

alpine yellow violet

Viola biflora

Least Concern

Physarum pusillum

Not Evaluated

Photobacterium halotolerans

Not Evaluated

Cassava

Manihot esculenta

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus saccharolyticus

Not Evaluated

Pedobacter suwonensis

Not Evaluated

Caryophanon tenue

Not Evaluated

Pedobacter kyungheensis

Not Evaluated

carrot-willow aphid

Cavariella aegopodii

Not Evaluated

carrot fern

Onychium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Armoured Lobster

Metanephrops armatus

Data Deficient

Anthomyiid fly

Emmesomyia socia

Not Evaluated

Penicillium expansum

Not Evaluated

Parasegetibacter luojiensis

Not Evaluated

Carolina mosquitofern

Azolla caroliniana

Least Concern

ivory cone

Conus eburneus

Least Concern

Carolina Hornwort

Phaeoceros carolinianus

Near Threatened

Paraburkholderia dipogonis

Not Evaluated

Carolina Hemlock

Tsuga caroliniana

Near Threatened

Pedobacter roseus

Not Evaluated

Carolina fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Not Evaluated

arikury palm

Syagrus schizophylla

Not Evaluated

Ant

Anoplolepis gracilipes

Not Evaluated

Alpine Pearlwort

Sagina saginoides

Least Concern

Novosphingobium tardaugens

Not Evaluated

Novosphingobium sediminicola

Not Evaluated

Novosphingobium fluoreni

Not Evaluated

Carnival Candy Slime Mold

Arcyria denudata

Not Evaluated

Argyle apple

Eucalyptus cinerea

Near Threatened

Novosphingobium taihuense

Not Evaluated

Novosphingobium rhizosphaerae

Not Evaluated

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