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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
486
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 67
Endangered 148
Vulnerable 271
Near Threatened 212
Least Concern 1730
Data Deficient 133
Not Evaluated 3193
Extinct 31

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

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

Least Concern

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Endangered

Alexander palm

Ptychosperma elegans

Least Concern

Brazilian copal

Hymenaea courbaril

Near Threatened

Brazilian begonia

Begonia hirtella

Not Evaluated

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Salinicoccus siamensis

Not Evaluated

Two-toned Pygmy Squid

Idiosepius pygmaeus

Data Deficient

Bow-mouthed angel fish

Rhina ancylostoma

Critically Endangered

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Not Evaluated

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered

Bowl Hoodie

Calyptella capula

Least Concern

Barbados Cherry

Malpighia glabra

Least Concern

anemone coral

Goniopora tenuidens

Least Concern

Laurilia sulcata

Vulnerable

Siphonobacter aquaeclarae

Not Evaluated

Fujian Niltava

Niltava davidi

Least Concern

Citricoccus nitrophenolicus

Not Evaluated

Zooshikella ganghwensis

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas melonis

Not Evaluated

Luteimonas abyssi

Not Evaluated

Novosphingobium gossypii

Not Evaluated

Athelia bombacina

Data Deficient

Azorhizobium doebereinerae

Not Evaluated

Fukien Gold-striped Pond Frog

Pelophylax fukienensis

Least Concern

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Data Deficient

Arthrobacter citreus

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia hataii

Least Concern

Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus formosae

Least Concern

Arenimonas donghaensis

Not Evaluated

Lilac Mushroom

Agaricus porphyrizon

Least Concern

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia hemprichii

Least Concern

Arthrobacter ramosus

Not Evaluated

Arundinibacter roseus

Not Evaluated

Goat'S Beard

Ramaria flava

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia robusta

Least Concern

Gray-backed Thrush

Turdus hortulorum

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

Calderon Gris

Grampus griseus

Least Concern

Flavobacterium supellecticarium

Not Evaluated

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Data Deficient

Alcanivorax pacificus

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter troitsensis

Not Evaluated

Biddulphia rhombus

Not Evaluated

Allobacillus halotolerans

Not Evaluated

Rustic Bunting

Emberiza rustica

Critically Endangered

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