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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
Extinct 30

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

curved-beaked beardless moss

Hymenostylium recurvirostrum

Not Evaluated

Curve-leaved Ditrichum

Ditrichum heteromallum

Endangered

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Lamium hybridum

Least Concern

cut notchwort

Tritomaria exsecta

Endangered

cylindrical cone

Conus cylindraceus

Least Concern

Cypress-Leaved Plait-Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Not Evaluated

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Dancing Crane Cobra Lily

Arisaema heterophyllum

Least Concern

Darkening Brittlegill

Russula vinosa

Least Concern

Darkface arion

Arion distinctus

Least Concern

dark-green flapwort

Jungermannia atrovirens

Least Concern

dark spectacle

Abrostola triplasia

Near Threatened

erect-fruited iris moss

Distichium capillaceum

Not Evaluated

Davie's stingray

Plesiobatis daviesi

Least Concern

dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Not Evaluated

dead-rat-tree

Adansonia digitata

Not Evaluated

Deceiving Knight

Tricholoma sejunctum

Endangered

deepsea squid

Bathyteuthis abyssicola

Least Concern

Deep-sea Pacific knife-nose chimaera

Rhinochimaera pacifica

Least Concern

deepsea squid

Bathothauma lyromma

Least Concern

Delanat's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum delenatii

Critically Endangered

delicate germanderwort

Riccardia multifida

Endangered

Deodar

Cedrus deodara

Least Concern

Devil's backbone

Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Not Evaluated

Diamond burbark

Triumfetta rhomboidea

Not Evaluated

diamond squid

Thysanoteuthis rhombus

Least Concern

Leifsonia naganoensis

Not Evaluated

Dilated Scalewort

Frullania dilatata

Least Concern

Dun Tube-nosed Bat

Murina recondita

Least Concern

dinnerplate-aralia

Polyscias scutellaria

Not Evaluated

disc coral

Turbinaria reniformis

Vulnerable

disc web spiders

Oecobius navus

Least Concern

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Not Evaluated

Donkey's ear abalone

Haliotis asinina

Least Concern

Dotted Leafy Moss

Rhizomnium punctatum

Least Concern

Coral-tailed Cloud Wing

Tholymis tillarga

Least Concern

Least Puffball

Bovista pusilla

Data Deficient

double-star coral

Diploastrea heliopora

Near Threatened

Doubtful Knight'S-Spur

Delphinium ajacis

Not Evaluated

Dragonfish

Stichopus horrens

Data Deficient

Dried Fruit Beetle

Carpophilus hemipterus

Least Concern

Drugstore beetle

Stegobium paniceum

Least Concern

Ducklettuce

Ottelia alismoides

Least Concern

Drummond's phlox

Phlox drummondii

Not Evaluated

Duck barnacle

Lepas anatifera

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

least valley coral

Leptoria phrygia

Near Threatened

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Dune-bean

Vigna marina

Least Concern

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Smalleye pigmy shark

Squaliolus aliae

Least Concern

Dusky Bolete

Porphyrellus porphyrosporus

Near Threatened

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Dusky-purple skate

Bathyraja matsubarai

Least Concern

Ornate cow tick

Dermacentor reticulatus

Not Evaluated

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