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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

starling mite

Ornithonyssus bursa

Not Evaluated

Slender Parasol

Macrolepiota mastoidea

Near Threatened

Ground Ivy Rust

Puccinia glechomatis

Not Evaluated

slender silver moss

Anomobryum julaceum

Not Evaluated

Creeping Thistle Lacebug

Tingis ampliata

Not Evaluated

Slippery White Bolete

Suillus placidus

Critically Endangered

Small Black Ant

Lasius niger

Least Concern

small fan-foot

Herminia grisealis

Least Concern

Small-leaf spiderwort

Tradescantia fluminensis

Not Evaluated

Lewis spider mite

Eotetranychus lewisi

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Ceranisus menes

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia vietnamiensis

Not Evaluated

Smooth Bristle Bracket

Phellinus laevigatus

Endangered

Small Stagshorn

Calocera cornea

Least Concern

Small Yellow Foxglove

Digitalis lutea

Not Evaluated

Smoky Bracket

Bjerkandera adusta

Least Concern

Leucobacter celer

Not Evaluated

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

Not Evaluated

cowpea aphid

Aphis craccivora

Not Evaluated

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

Microbacterium aquimaris

Not Evaluated

Nonomuraea bangladeshensis

Not Evaluated

Indonesian greeneye spurdog

Squalus montalbani

Vulnerable

Snakeskin Grisette

Amanita ceciliae

Least Concern

snout

Hypena proboscidalis

Least Concern

Snowbush

Breynia disticha

Not Evaluated

Membranous Pelt Lichen

Peltigera membranacea

Least Concern

Soapy Trich

Tricholoma saponaceum

Least Concern

to-tsubaki

Camellia reticulata

Data Deficient

Wasp

Aphytis proclia

Not Evaluated

Society garlic

Tulbaghia violacea

Not Evaluated

Mite

Notoedres cati

Not Evaluated

Soft elephantsfoot

Elephantopus mollis

Not Evaluated

Soft-furred Taiwan Niviventer

Niviventer culturatus

Least Concern

Softseed wild petunia

Ruellia simplex

Data Deficient

blood-stained cone

Conus sanguinolentus

Least Concern

Erythromicrobium ramosum

Not Evaluated

Centipede

Orphnaeus brevilabiatus

Not Evaluated

Exiguobacterium acetylicum

Not Evaluated

Sordid Blewit

Lepista sordida

Least Concern

Sour orange

Citrus aurantium

Not Evaluated

Sour Prickle

Opuntia dillenii

Not Evaluated

Soursop

Annona muricata

Not Evaluated

South african ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Not Evaluated

South American jelly palm

Butia capitata

Not Evaluated

South American lupin

Lupinus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

South American royal palm

Roystonea oleracea

Near Threatened

Kurthia gibsonii

Not Evaluated

Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus fleurettii

Not Evaluated

Southern Bracket

Ganoderma australe

Data Deficient

Follicle mite

Demodex folliculorum

Not Evaluated

Southern Cut Grass

Leersia hexandra

Not Evaluated

Southern mahogany

Eucalyptus botryoides

Near Threatened

anemone coral

Goniopora planulata

Vulnerable

Lysobacter panacisoli

Not Evaluated

To Lanze Crab

Geothelphusa ilan

Data Deficient

Soya-bean

Glycine max

Not Evaluated

Angleton bluestem

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

Spanish arborvine

Distimake tuberosus

Not Evaluated

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