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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

Novosphingobium gossypii

Not Evaluated

Athelia bombacina

Data Deficient

Azorhizobium doebereinerae

Not Evaluated

Fukien Gold-striped Pond Frog

Pelophylax fukienensis

Least Concern

Arthrobacter citreus

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia hataii

Least Concern

Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus formosae

Least Concern

Arenimonas donghaensis

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia hemprichii

Least Concern

Arthrobacter ramosus

Not Evaluated

Arundinibacter roseus

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia robusta

Least Concern

Atheniella adonis

Least Concern

Azorhizobium oxalatiphilum

Not Evaluated

Azospirillum canadense

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium acidificum

Not Evaluated

Cladonia bellidiflora

Critically Endangered

Stemonitopsis gracilis

Not Evaluated

Lysobacter soli

Not Evaluated

Vibrio mimicus

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium zeae

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium quisquiliarum

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium ummariense

Not Evaluated

Sphacelaria tribuloides

Not Evaluated

Pluteus exiguus

Vulnerable

Baeomyces placophyllus

Endangered

Flavobacterium supellecticarium

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax pacificus

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter troitsensis

Not Evaluated

Biddulphia rhombus

Not Evaluated

Allobacillus halotolerans

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter lambici

Not Evaluated

Achnanthes longipes

Not Evaluated

Actinocatenispora thailandica

Not Evaluated

Bifidobacterium bifidum

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax venustensis

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter epoxidivorans

Not Evaluated

Antrodiella semisupina

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum

Not Evaluated

Anabaena thermophila

Not Evaluated

Angulomicrobium tetraedale

Not Evaluated

Anabaena birgei

Not Evaluated

Anabaenopsis circularis

Not Evaluated

Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus

Not Evaluated

Exiguobacterium aestuarii

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium paxllaeri

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium ganzhouense

Not Evaluated

Caryophanon latum

Not Evaluated

Spectacular Rustgill

Gymnopilus junonius

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia contaminans

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia ubonensis

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia thailandensis

Not Evaluated

Chromobacterium aquaticum

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

Chinese freshwater edible crab

Eriocheir sinensis

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga skermanii

Not Evaluated

Ceratium trichoceros

Not Evaluated

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