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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

Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius

Least Concern

fig cone

Conus figulinus

Least Concern

Polyoeca dichotoma

Not Evaluated

Fiji fan palm

Pritchardia pacifica

Not Evaluated

flame-violet

Episcia cupreata

Not Evaluated

plate coral

Heliofungia actiniformis

Vulnerable

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

White-flowered black mangrove

Lumnitzera racemosa

Least Concern

Finger Coral

Acropora humilis

Near Threatened

Japanese Spear Lobster

Linuparus trigonus

Least Concern

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

disc coral

Turbinaria stellulata

Vulnerable

boring clam

Tridacna crocea

Least Concern

porcelain coral

Leptoseris mycetoseroides

Least Concern

Square-spot Crest

Hypatima rhomboidella

Least Concern

Siamese grain beetle

Lophocateres pusillus

Not Evaluated

Chinese honey-locust

Gleditsia sinensis

Least Concern

Lazy Chelifer

Withius piger

Not Evaluated

bracket coral

Podabacia crustacea

Least Concern

Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda

Not Evaluated

Japanese Blunthorn Lobster

Palinustus waguensis

Least Concern

Black scavenger fly

Sepsis thoracica

Not Evaluated

Reddish Myotis

Myotis soror

Data Deficient

Frosty Bonnet

Mycena tenerrima

Not Evaluated

Two-spot Locust Lobster

Remiarctus bertholdii

Least Concern

Pygmy Wisp

Agriocnemis pygmaea

Least Concern

Red Algae

Spyridia filamentosa

Not Evaluated

Large peach aphid

Myzus varians

Not Evaluated

Lakeshore Sedge

Carex phacota

Least Concern

poison-peach

Trema cannabina

Least Concern

Species code: Si

Syringodium isoetifolium

Least Concern

Mauve Waxpore

Ceriporia tarda

Not Evaluated

Alternating Dog Lichen

Peltigera didactyla

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites attenuata

Vulnerable

Redbanded thrip

Selenothrips rubrocinctus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora incrassata

Near Threatened

Channeled Applesnail

Pomacea canaliculata

Least Concern

Chinese Sweet Gum

Liquidambar formosana

Least Concern

Japanese false spleenwort

Deparia petersenii

Not Evaluated

Sparrow false pimpernel

Bonnaya antipoda

Least Concern

Species code: Hp

Halodule pinifolia

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites aranetai

Vulnerable

Hunchback Locust Lobster

Petrarctus rugosus

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora undata

Near Threatened

Jarrah

Eucalyptus marginata

Near Threatened

pore coral

Montipora cebuensis

Vulnerable

Breede River Yellowwood

Podocarpus elongatus

Least Concern

net coral

Alveopora japonica

Vulnerable

Geranium aralia

Polyscias guilfoylei

Not Evaluated

net coral

Alveopora verrilliana

Vulnerable

Spicer’s Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum spicerianum

Endangered

Brick Cap

Hypholoma lateritium

Least Concern

Chinese Incense-cedar

Calocedrus macrolepis

Near Threatened

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Java Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum javanicum

Endangered

Mite

Tyrophagus longior

Not Evaluated

Mite

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Not Evaluated

Martinique trimezia

Trimezia martinicensis

Not Evaluated

Golden Apple Slime Mold

Arcyria pomiformis

Not Evaluated

Mite

Megninia cubitalis

Not Evaluated

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