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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
402
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 58
Endangered 118
Vulnerable 226
Near Threatened 173
Least Concern 1476
Data Deficient 101
Not Evaluated 3095
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

Achlya prolifera

Not Evaluated

Achlya proliferoides

Not Evaluated

Acinetobacter baumannii

Not Evaluated

Actinoplanes italicus

Not Evaluated

Active gray pine needle aphid

Eulachnus rileyi

Not Evaluated

Acutenose skate

Dipturus tengu

Near Threatened

Acute spikerush

Eleocharis acutangula

Not Evaluated

Adlafia suchlandtii

Not Evaluated

Aeromonas hydrophila

Not Evaluated

Aesop Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides haanii

Least Concern

Afipia felis

Not Evaluated

African Black Wattle

Peltophorum africanum

Least Concern

African-boxwood

Myrsine africana

Extinct

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

African pillow coral

Siderastrea savignyana

Least Concern

African winged-bean

Psophocarpus palustris

Not Evaluated

Agrimony Rust

Pucciniastrum agrimoniae

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium rubi

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium salinitolerans

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus carbonis

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus jenensis

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus lahaulensis

Not Evaluated

Agromyces italicus

Not Evaluated

Agromyces mediolanus

Not Evaluated

Agromyces subtropicus

Not Evaluated

akaika

Ommastrephes bartramii

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax dieselolei

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax xenomutans

Not Evaluated

Alder Bolete

Gyrodon lividus

Not Evaluated

Alexander palm

Ptychosperma elegans

Least Concern

Alexandra palm

Archontophoenix alexandrae

Not Evaluated

Alexandrian laurel

Calophyllum inophyllum

Least Concern

Alexandrium tamarense

Not Evaluated

Alfred manta

Mobula alfredi

Vulnerable

Algirosphaera robusta

Not Evaluated

Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris

Not Evaluated

Almug

Pterocarpus santalinus

Endangered

Aloe Haircap

Pogonatum aloides

Least Concern

Alpine Earwort

Diplophyllum taxifolium

Least Concern

Alpine Haircap

Polytrichastrum alpinum

Least Concern

Altererythrobacter aestuarii

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter fulvus

Not Evaluated

Alternaria alternata

Not Evaluated

Alternaria brassicae

Not Evaluated

Amadis cone

Conus amadis

Least Concern

Amanita Mold

Hypomyces hyalinus

Not Evaluated

Amazonvine

Stigmaphyllon ciliatum

Not Evaluated

Amberfish

Thelenota anax

Data Deficient

American Abrupt-Bulbed Lepidella

Amanita abrupta

Not Evaluated

American carpet grass

Axonopus compressus

Least Concern

American evergreen

Syngonium podophyllum

Not Evaluated

American house dust mite

Dermatophagoides farinae

Not Evaluated

Aminobacter aminovorans

Not Evaluated

Aminobacter ciceronei

Not Evaluated

Ammonia beccarii

Not Evaluated

Amphipleura pellucida

Not Evaluated

Amphiprora gigantea

Not Evaluated

Amphora commutata

Not Evaluated

Amphora ovalis

Not Evaluated

ampulle bubble

Bulla ampulla

Not Evaluated

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