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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
243
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 24
Endangered 74
Vulnerable 145
Near Threatened 125
Least Concern 856
Data Deficient 90
Not Evaluated 2280
Extinct 15

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

Weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula

Not Evaluated

Ceratium extensum

Not Evaluated

Elfin shark

Mitsukurina owstoni

Least Concern

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Least Concern

weeping willow

Salix babylonica

Not Evaluated

elkhorn fern

Platycerium bifurcatum

Not Evaluated

Welsh onion

Allium fistulosum

Critically Endangered

Wenzel s notchwort

Lophozia wenzelii

Least Concern

Black Teatfish

Holothuria nobilis

Endangered

Western Hemlock-spruce

Tsuga heterophylla

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora porites

Near Threatened

Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen

Punctelia subrudecta

Near Threatened

Common Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Least Concern

Rust fungus

Puccinia hemerocallidis

Not Evaluated

West indian gherkin

Cucumis anguria

Not Evaluated

West Indian mahogany

Swietenia mahagoni

Near Threatened

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

West Indian scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

Not Evaluated

West indian woodnettle

Laportea aestuans

Extinct

Mount Morrison Spruce

Picea morrisonicola

Vulnerable

Indian-rhododendron

Melastoma malabathricum

Not Evaluated

Taiwanese Mole Shrew

Anourosorex yamashinai

Least Concern

whiskerplant

Orthosiphon aristatus

Not Evaluated

Whisk Fern

Psilotum nudum

Least Concern

White Beak Sedge

Rhynchospora alba

Vulnerable

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Haliaeetus leucogaster

Least Concern

Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt

Ceratocystis fimbriata

Not Evaluated

Whiteberry Yew

Pseudotaxus chienii

Vulnerable

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Tussock dropseed

Sporobolus diandrus

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Rainbow Cactus

Echinocereus pectinatus

Least Concern

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

false bird of paradise

Heliconia rostrata

Not Evaluated

Common oat

Avena sativa

Not Evaluated

Common Onion

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

Small carpgrass

Arthraxon hispidus

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

Chinese Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Not Evaluated

Large Leaf Watercress Algae

Halimeda discoidea

Not Evaluated

Common Rose-Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Least Concern

White Carnival Candy Slime Mold

Arcyria cinerea

Not Evaluated

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Dendrobium crumenatum

Not Evaluated

chrysanthemum aphid

Macrosiphoniella sanborni

Not Evaluated

White Dapperling

Leucoagaricus leucothites

Least Concern

White-eared Sibia

Heterophasia auricularis

Least Concern

white earwort

Diplophyllum albicans

Vulnerable

Whitelady

Thunbergia fragrans

Not Evaluated

White-foot Bell

Epiblema foenella

Least Concern

White-Footed Slime

Diachea leucopodia

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

whiteleg shrimp

Penaeus vannamei

Not Evaluated

Shinella zoogloeoides

Not Evaluated

White Lupin

Lupinus albus

Not Evaluated

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

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