🇹🇼

Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 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

Skin beetle

Dermestes peruvianus

Not Evaluated

Lentil Shanklet

Collybia tuberosa

Least Concern

leopard cone

Conus leopardus

Least Concern

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

Least Concern

Bouncing Bet

Saponaria officinalis

Least Concern

Wardrobe beetle

Attagenus fasciatus

Not Evaluated

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Vulnerable

lesser flying squid

Todaropsis eblanae

Not Evaluated

Lesser Featherwort

Plagiochila porelloides

Critically Endangered

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

Least Concern

Bottle Palm

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Critically Endangered

Barbados aloe

Aloe vera

Not Evaluated

Lesser Cuckoo

Cuculus poliocephalus

Least Concern

Lesser Cachalot

Kogia breviceps

Data Deficient

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Least Concern

Orean blue lupin

Lupinus nanus

Least Concern

flat lettuce coral

Echinophyllia echinoporoides

Least Concern

Microbacterium schleiferi

Not Evaluated

gold leafed cone

Conus auricomus

Least Concern

Lesser Love-Grass

Eragrostis minor

Not Evaluated

Lesser mealworm

Alphitobius diaperinus

Least Concern

Fly

Coproica hirtula

Not Evaluated

tulip cone

Conus tulipa

Least Concern

lesser pocket moss

Fissidens bryoides

Not Evaluated

long tailed mealybug

Pseudococcus longispinus

Not Evaluated

Lesser Sea-Spurrey

Spergularia marina

Least Concern

laurel-leaf snailseed

Cocculus laurifolius

Least Concern

Ze Significant Tooth Crab

Geothelphusa eucrinodonta

Data Deficient

Losea Rat

Rattus losea

Least Concern

Twelve-Scaled Worm

Lepidonotus squamatus

Not Evaluated

Lesser swinecress

Lepidium didymum

Not Evaluated

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Chodsigoa sodalis

Data Deficient

Mud Spiny Lobster

Panulirus polyphagus

Least Concern

lesser valley coral

Platygyra ryukyuensis

Near Threatened

lesser valley coral

Platygyra lamellina

Near Threatened

lesser valley coral

Platygyra daedalea

Least Concern

lesser valley coral

Platygyra sinensis

Least Concern

lesser valley coral

Platygyra pini

Least Concern

Lesser Whipwort

Bazzania tricrenata

Least Concern

Lesser Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Least Concern

Mite

Oppiella nova

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium keratanolyticum

Not Evaluated

Small dung fly

Coproica vagans

Not Evaluated

lettered cone

Conus litteratus

Least Concern

Dark Grass Blue

Zizeeria karsandra

Not Evaluated

Levant wormseed

Artemisia cina

Not Evaluated

Hogvine

Camonea umbellata

Not Evaluated

Leucobacter zeae

Not Evaluated

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Small Furrow Lobster

Nupalirus chani

Data Deficient

Manila grass

Zoysia matrella

Not Evaluated

Lady beetle

Harmonia octomaculata

Not Evaluated

Leucobacter aridicollis

Not Evaluated

Lilac Bonnet

Mycena pura

Least Concern

lilytree

Magnolia denudata

Least Concern

lily-of-the-Nile

Agapanthus africanus

Not Evaluated

Plantain

Musa balbisiana

Least Concern

Humibacter aquilariae

Not Evaluated

Marmalade Hoverfly

Episyrphus balteatus

Least Concern

Sonchus fly

Ensina sonchi

Least Concern

More Countries in Asia

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia