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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

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

Bottleneck Sea Cucumber

Holothuria impatiens

Data Deficient

Kangaroo grass

Themeda triandra

Not Evaluated

african-juniper

Juniperus procera

Least Concern

African mangosteen

Garcinia livingstonei

Not Evaluated

European mud scud

Corophium volutator

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Nesticodes rufipes

Not Evaluated

Agarwood

Aquilaria malaccensis

Critically Endangered

Tawny Harp Ground Beetle

Perigona nigriceps

Near Threatened

Leafminer fly

Liriomyza trifolii

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse white fly

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Not Evaluated

Leaf-miner fly

Liothrips vaneeckei

Not Evaluated

Fringed Furrow Bee

Lasioglossum sexstrigatum

Least Concern

Tunbridge Wells Gem

Chrysodeixis acuta

Not Evaluated

Vagrant China-mark

Diasemiopsis ramburialis

Not Evaluated

Orange-spotted Shoot

Rhyacionia pinicolana

Least Concern

Muscid fly

Graphomya maculata

Not Evaluated

Hemp-agrimony Plume

Adaina microdactyla

Vulnerable

Pomace fly

Drosophila immigrans

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila repleta

Not Evaluated

Lesser cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus chinensis

Not Evaluated

palm scale

Eucalymnatus tessellatus

Not Evaluated

European house dust mite

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Not Evaluated

Granary book louse

Trogium pulsatorium

Not Evaluated

Cutworm

Spodoptera litura

Not Evaluated

False stable fly

Muscina stabulans

Not Evaluated

Longheaded flour beetle

Latheticus oryzae

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Cotesia glomerata

Not Evaluated

Mite

Polyphagotarsonemus latus

Not Evaluated

Large-winged psocid

Ectopsocopsis cryptomeriae

Not Evaluated

Copepod

Pseudodiaptomus marinus

Not Evaluated

Caserta Pea Mussel

Euglesa casertana

Not Evaluated

Crenulated Flapwort

Solenostoma gracillimum

Least Concern

Goose Barnacle

Lepas anserifera

Not Evaluated

Cyane's octopus

Octopus cyanea

Least Concern

Cherry Vinegar Fly

Drosophila suzukii

Not Evaluated

Dutchman's Pipe Cactus

Epiphyllum oxypetalum

Least Concern

Honey bee mite

Varroa destructor

Not Evaluated

Ensign wasp

Evania appendigaster

Not Evaluated

latrine fly

Fannia scalaris

Not Evaluated

Pomace Fly

Scaptomyza pallida

Least Concern

Oscillatoria simplicissima

Not Evaluated

Thrip

Karnyothrips melaleucus

Not Evaluated

Scuttle fly

Megaselia scalaris

Not Evaluated

Charcoal Burner

Russula cyanoxantha

Least Concern

Mite

Ornithonyssus bacoti

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Philonthus quisquiliarius

Least Concern

Charcoal Cup

Peziza echinospora

Least Concern

Slender weasel shark

Paragaleus randalli

Vulnerable

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least Concern

Domestic silk moth

Bombyx mori

Not Evaluated

Red spider mite

Tetranychus ludeni

Not Evaluated

Chalcid wasp

Brachymeria podagrica

Not Evaluated

fiddle-leaf philodendron

Philodendron bipennifolium

Not Evaluated

Scalyleg mite

Knemidokoptes mutans

Not Evaluated

Black scale

Saissetia oleae

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium composti

Not Evaluated

Athlete's Foot

Epidermophyton floccosum

Not Evaluated

bowl coral

Halomitra pileus

Least Concern

Stejneger's Paddy Frog

Micryletta steinegeri

Vulnerable

Yaeyama Kajika Frog

Buergeria choui

Least Concern

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