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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

Ensifer arboris

Not Evaluated

Bulbous Oatgrass

Arrhenatherum elatius

Least Concern

Dyadobacter terricola

Not Evaluated

Dyadobacter beijingensis

Not Evaluated

Buttonweed

Malva neglecta

Least Concern

Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen

Collema pulcellum

Not Evaluated

Annual-Aster

Callistephus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Drone-Bee

Apis mellifera

Not Evaluated

Cyclotella glomerata

Not Evaluated

Butter-Foot Bolete

Boletus auripes

Not Evaluated

Midden Inkcap

Coprinus sterquilinus

Vulnerable

Collared Crow

Corvus pectoralis

Vulnerable

Dinobryon divergens

Not Evaluated

Butterfly tree

Bauhinia purpurea

Least Concern

Dictyota dichotoma

Vulnerable

Kocuria flava

Not Evaluated

butterfly-flower

Iris japonica

Not Evaluated

Mexican vanilla

Vanilla mexicana

Not Evaluated

Smooth Fan Lobster

Ibacus novemdentatus

Least Concern

Muricauda lutimaris

Not Evaluated

Mexican stonecrop

Sedum mexicanum

Not Evaluated

Frosted Grain-Spored Lichen

Sarcogyne regularis

Near Threatened

Cyclidiopsis acus

Not Evaluated

buttercup winter-hazel

Corylopsis pauciflora

Data Deficient

bearded pawwort

Barbilophozia barbata

Critically Endangered

Anise Mazegill

Gloeophyllum odoratum

Least Concern

Algirosphaera robusta

Not Evaluated

Broad-muzzled Bat

Submyotodon latirostris

Least Concern

spike awlsnail

Allopeas clavulinum

Not Evaluated

Michaux'S Anastrophyllum

Anastrophyllum michauxii

Near Threatened

Afipia felis

Not Evaluated

Mickey mouse plant

Ochna serrulata

Least Concern

Acetobacter tropicalis

Not Evaluated

Acanthoica quattrospina

Not Evaluated

Fiji Locust Lobster

Biarctus vitiensis

Least Concern

Gray-taek Crab

Geothelphusa cinerea

Least Concern

Soft Locust Lobster

Scammarctus batei

Least Concern

Citricoccus alkalitolerans

Not Evaluated

Japanese Fan Lobster

Ibacus ciliatus

Data Deficient

Locust Lobster

Chelarctus aureus

Least Concern

Blue-grey Ze Crab

Geothelphusa caesia

Least Concern

Taiwan's South China Sea River Crab

Nanhaipotamon formosanum

Vulnerable

Wang's Crab

Geothelphusa wangi

Vulnerable

Yuen Chak Thick Crab

Geothelphusa ancylophallus

Least Concern

Sun Moon Lake Ze Crab

Geothelphusa candidiensis

Least Concern

Raisin moth

Cadra figulilella

Not Evaluated

Pingtung Crab

Geothelphusa pingtung

Vulnerable

Dark Woolly Bat

Kerivoula furva

Least Concern

Narihira Bamboo

Semiarundinaria fastuosa

Not Evaluated

Mile-a-minute

Mikania micrantha

Not Evaluated

Cylindrospermum stagnale

Not Evaluated

Tali Crab

Geothelphusa tali

Data Deficient

Qiu Shi Ze Crab

Geothelphusa chiui

Data Deficient

Huang Ze Gray Crab

Geothelphusa albogilva

Least Concern

Velvet Lobster

Metanephrops velutinus

Least Concern

Miyazaki's Crab

Geothelphusa miyazakii

Near Threatened

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula erithacus

Least Concern

Spindle Cone

Conus aculeiformis

Data Deficient

Two-color Crab

Geothelphusa bicolor

Least Concern

Cylindrotheca closterium

Not Evaluated

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