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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
453
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 63
Endangered 134
Vulnerable 256
Near Threatened 203
Least Concern 1723
Data Deficient 131
Not Evaluated 3184
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

Taiwanese Mole Shrew

Anourosorex yamashinai

Least Concern

whiskerplant

Orthosiphon aristatus

Not Evaluated

White Beak Sedge

Rhynchospora alba

Vulnerable

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt

Ceratocystis fimbriata

Not Evaluated

Whiteberry Yew

Pseudotaxus chienii

Vulnerable

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Tussock dropseed

Sporobolus diandrus

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Rainbow Cactus

Echinocereus pectinatus

Least Concern

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

false bird of paradise

Heliconia rostrata

Not Evaluated

Common Onion

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

Small carpgrass

Arthraxon hispidus

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

Chinese Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Not Evaluated

Large Leaf Watercress Algae

Halimeda discoidea

Not Evaluated

Common Rose-Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Least Concern

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Dendrobium crumenatum

Not Evaluated

chrysanthemum aphid

Macrosiphoniella sanborni

Not Evaluated

White Dapperling

Leucoagaricus leucothites

Least Concern

white earwort

Diplophyllum albicans

Vulnerable

Whitelady

Thunbergia fragrans

Not Evaluated

White-foot Bell

Epiblema foenella

Least Concern

White-Footed Slime

Diachea leucopodia

Not Evaluated

whiteleg shrimp

Penaeus vannamei

Not Evaluated

Shinella zoogloeoides

Not Evaluated

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

white mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

Not Evaluated

Olive Frog

Nidirana adenopleura

Least Concern

Euglena hemichromata

Not Evaluated

White-shouldered house moth

Endrosis sarcitrella

Not Evaluated

Dahlberg's daisy

Thymophylla tenuiloba

Not Evaluated

Himalayan Clematis

Clematis montana

Not Evaluated

Impatiens Downy Mildew

Plasmopara obducens

Not Evaluated

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

Tachinid fly

Pseudogonia rufifrons

Not Evaluated

Skullcap Dapperling

Leucocoprinus brebissonii

Least Concern

Marguerite

Argyranthemum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium cauense

Not Evaluated

Kurthia zopfii

Not Evaluated

Orange Rock Hair

Trentepohlia aurea

Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

Lactuca indica

Not Evaluated

Wild sugarcane

Saccharum spontaneum

Least Concern

Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis

Not Evaluated

Wonderful firefly squid

Lampadioteuthis megaleia

Least Concern

Chimaera

Chimaera phantasma

Vulnerable

wire crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora

Not Evaluated

wiry fern moss

Abietinella abietina

Vulnerable

lemon bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

Critically Endangered

wood rustwort

Nowellia curvifolia

Vulnerable

Woodsy Silk-Moss

Plagiothecium nemorale

Vulnerable

woolly jelly palm

Butia eriospatha

Vulnerable

woolly liverwort

Trichocolea tomentella

Vulnerable

Wormwood Plume

Hellinsia lienigianus

Least Concern

wrinkle coral

Coscinaraea monile

Least Concern

wrinkle-leaved moss

Rhytidium rugosum

Critically Endangered

Yaeyama Harpist Frog

Nidirana okinavana

Endangered

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