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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

Requin épée

Scoliodon laticaudus

Near Threatened

Requin grande guele

Megachasma pelagios

Least Concern

Requin-hâ dochizame

Hemitriakis japanica

Endangered

Requin-hâ élégant

Hypogaleus hyugaensis

Least Concern

Requin léopard

Stegostoma fasciatum

Not Evaluated

Requin lézard

Chlamydoselachus anguineus

Least Concern

Requin lutin

Mitsukurina owstoni

Least Concern

Requin noir

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Vulnerable

requin pèlerin

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered

requin renard, renard de mer

Alopias vulpinus

Not Evaluated

Requin scie moustache

Pristiophorus japonicus

Least Concern

Requin-tapis moustache

Orectolobus japonicus

Least Concern

Requin-tapis moustache

Orectolobus leptolineatus

Near Threatened

Réséda odorant

Reseda odorata

Not Evaluated

Rhipidure de Vigors

Rhipidura nigritorquis

Least Concern

Rhynchée peinte

Rostratula benghalensis

Least Concern

rhynchoscope blanc

Rhynchospora alba

Vulnerable

riccardie des cédrières

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Vulnerable

riccardie des tourbières

Riccardia latifrons

Vulnerable

riccie flottante

Riccia fluitans

Near Threatened

Ricin

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

Riz

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

Riz Africain

Oryza glaberrima

Least Concern

Robinier faux-acacia

Robinia pseudoacacia

Not Evaluated

Roitelet de Taïwan

Regulus goodfellowi

Least Concern

rorippe à petites fleurs

Rorippa palustris

Not Evaluated

rorippe des champs

Rorippa sylvestris

Least Concern

rorippe d'Inde

Rorippa indica

Not Evaluated

rorqual boréal

Balaenoptera borealis

Endangered

roseau

Phragmites australis

Least Concern

rose de Chine

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Not Evaluated

rose de Mai

Rosa centifolia

Not Evaluated

Roselin de Taiwan

Carpodacus formosanus

Least Concern

roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Not Evaluated

Rosier jaune de Perse

Rosa foetida

Not Evaluated

Rosier rugueux

Rosa rugosa

Not Evaluated

Rossignol de Johnston

Tarsiger johnstoniae

Least Concern

Rossignol siffleur

Larvivora sibilans

Not Evaluated

rossolis à feuilles rondes

Drosera rotundifolia

Vulnerable

rotala rameux

Rotala ramosior

Not Evaluated

Rougequeue à front bleu

Phoenicurus frontalis

Least Concern

rousserolle des buissons

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Near Threatened

Rousserolle de Schrenck

Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

Least Concern

Rousserolle d'Orient

Acrocephalus orientalis

Least Concern

rousserolle isabelle

Acrocephalus agricola

Not Evaluated

Rousserolle mandchoue

Acrocephalus tangorum

Vulnerable

Rousserolle sorghophile

Acrocephalus sorghophilus

Critically Endangered

Rudbéckie laciniée

Rudbeckia laciniata

Not Evaluated

Rue des jardins

Ruta graveolens

Not Evaluated

rue des murailles

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Least Concern

ruppie maritime

Ruppia maritima

Extinct

sabline à feuilles de serpolet

Arenaria serpyllifolia

Least Concern

sagine des Alpes

Sagina saginoides

Least Concern

sagine du Japon

Sagina japonica

Not Evaluated

sagine rampante

Sagina procumbens

Least Concern

sagittaire à sépales dressés

Sagittaria montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Sagre porte-feu à queue courte

Etmopterus brachyurus

Data Deficient

salpiglossis

Salpiglossis sinuata

Not Evaluated

Salsifis à feuilles de poireau

Tragopogon porrifolius

Not Evaluated

Salvinia nageante

Salvinia natans

Not Evaluated

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