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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
326
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 52
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 173
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1378
Data Deficient 102
Not Evaluated 3040
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

Mougeot's yoke moss

Amphidium mougeotii

Least Concern

Mountain brome

Bromus carinatus

Not Evaluated

Dark Woolly Bat

Kerivoula furva

Least Concern

Southern Grey Physcia

Physcia tribacioides

Not Evaluated

Sawtooth oak

Quercus acutissima

Least Concern

Salted Ruffle Lichen

Parmotrema crinitum

Vulnerable

Cylindrospermum stagnale

Not Evaluated

mountain-pepper

Litsea cubeba

Least Concern

Guadeloupe trumpet-tree

Tabebuia obtusifolia

Not Evaluated

mountain soursop

Annona montana

Not Evaluated

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

Crimson bottlebrush

Callistemon citrinus

Not Evaluated

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Filimonas endophytica

Not Evaluated

Yellow Pouncewort

Lejeunea flava

Not Evaluated

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Indian murainagrass

Polytrias indica

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora taiwanensis

Data Deficient

Short-tail lantern shark

Etmopterus brachyurus

Data Deficient

Stargrass

Cynodon plectostachyus

Not Evaluated

Velvet Lobster

Metanephrops velutinus

Least Concern

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora mactanensis

Vulnerable

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Golden Leather Fern

Acrostichum aureum

Not Evaluated

Spottedheart

Stictocardia tiliifolia

Least Concern

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula erithacus

Least Concern

Cylindrotheca closterium

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Acanthophora spicifera

Not Evaluated

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

golden shrimp-plant

Pachystachys lutea

Not Evaluated

Buttercup

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Least Concern

Nan Xize Crab

Geothelphusa nanhsi

Least Concern

Milo's fissidens moss

Fissidens curvatus

Not Evaluated

Fringed kidney lichen

Nephroma helveticum

Critically Endangered

Glossy shower

Senna surattensis

Least Concern

Curtobacterium ammoniigenes

Not Evaluated

yellow rose aphid

Rhodobium porosum

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora palawanensis

Near Threatened

evodia

Tetradium ruticarpum

Least Concern

Hump-backed fly

Dohrniphora cornuta

Not Evaluated

Pacific Pincer Lobster

Thaumastocheles japonicus

Least Concern

Craterium leucocephalum

Not Evaluated

Showy pigeonpea

Cajanus scarabaeoides

Least Concern

Butter And Eggs

Linaria vulgaris

Least Concern

Bearded Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum barbatum

Endangered

Formosa Lobster

Metanephrops formosanus

Data Deficient

Formosa Pine

Pinus taiwanensis

Least Concern

Muehlenbeck's broom moss

Dicranum muehlenbeckii

Extinct

Melville Island Scampi

Metanephrops sibogae

Least Concern

septic fig

Ficus septica

Least Concern

Mulberry

Morus alba

Not Evaluated

Cortinarius salor

Vulnerable

Jove grass

Hemarthria compressa

Least Concern

Orange-bellied Treefrog

Zhangixalus aurantiventris

Endangered

Two-spotted Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

Not Evaluated

Mu oil tree

Vernicia montana

Least Concern

Japanese Lobster

Metanephrops japonicus

Data Deficient

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