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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
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

circumcision cone

Conus circumcisus

Least Concern

Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius

Least Concern

Polyoeca dichotoma

Not Evaluated

Fiji fan palm

Pritchardia pacifica

Not Evaluated

flame-violet

Episcia cupreata

Not Evaluated

Doum Palm

Hyphaene thebaica

Least Concern

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

White-flowered black mangrove

Lumnitzera racemosa

Least Concern

Japanese Spear Lobster

Linuparus trigonus

Least Concern

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

corn leaf aphid

Rhopalosiphum maidis

Not Evaluated

Square-spot Crest

Hypatima rhomboidella

Least Concern

Siamese grain beetle

Lophocateres pusillus

Not Evaluated

Chinese honey-locust

Gleditsia sinensis

Least Concern

Lazy Chelifer

Withius piger

Not Evaluated

Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda

Not Evaluated

Japanese Blunthorn Lobster

Palinustus waguensis

Least Concern

Black scavenger fly

Sepsis thoracica

Not Evaluated

Reddish Myotis

Myotis soror

Data Deficient

Frosty Bonnet

Mycena tenerrima

Not Evaluated

Two-spot Locust Lobster

Remiarctus bertholdii

Least Concern

Pygmy Wisp

Agriocnemis pygmaea

Least Concern

Red Algae

Spyridia filamentosa

Not Evaluated

Large peach aphid

Myzus varians

Not Evaluated

Lakeshore Sedge

Carex phacota

Least Concern

poison-peach

Trema cannabina

Least Concern

Species code: Si

Syringodium isoetifolium

Least Concern

Mauve Waxpore

Ceriporia tarda

Not Evaluated

Alternating Dog Lichen

Peltigera didactyla

Least Concern

Redbanded thrip

Selenothrips rubrocinctus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora incrassata

Near Threatened

American Arbor-Vitae

Thuja occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Channeled Applesnail

Pomacea canaliculata

Least Concern

Chinese Sweet Gum

Liquidambar formosana

Least Concern

Japanese false spleenwort

Deparia petersenii

Not Evaluated

Sparrow false pimpernel

Bonnaya antipoda

Least Concern

Species code: Hp

Halodule pinifolia

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites aranetai

Vulnerable

Hunchback Locust Lobster

Petrarctus rugosus

Least Concern

Girgensohn's peat moss

Sphagnum girgensohnii

Least Concern

Jarrah

Eucalyptus marginata

Near Threatened

Breede River Yellowwood

Podocarpus elongatus

Least Concern

lesser grain borer

Rhyzopertha dominica

Not Evaluated

Geranium aralia

Polyscias guilfoylei

Not Evaluated

Spicer’s Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum spicerianum

Endangered

Brick Cap

Hypholoma lateritium

Least Concern

Chinese Incense-cedar

Calocedrus macrolepis

Near Threatened

purging croton

Croton tiglium

Least Concern

Java Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum javanicum

Endangered

Mite

Tyrophagus longior

Not Evaluated

Mite

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Not Evaluated

Martinique trimezia

Trimezia martinicensis

Not Evaluated

Golden Apple Slime Mold

Arcyria pomiformis

Not Evaluated

Mite

Megninia cubitalis

Not Evaluated

Large-Spored Pea Truffle

Glomus macrocarpum

Not Evaluated

Ferny Azolla

Azolla pinnata

Least Concern

dented silk moss

Plagiothecium denticulatum

Least Concern

Spotted Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus maculatus

Least Concern

Smooth-Footed Powderhorn

Cladonia ochrochlora

Least Concern

Mottled Marble

Bactra furfurana

Near Threatened

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