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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

Coastal Morning Glory

Ipomoea littoralis

Least Concern

Bending Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Glistening Ink-Cap

Coprinellus micaceus

Least Concern

Inky Mushroom

Agaricus placomyces

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Frankliniella intonsa

Not Evaluated

Coastal Glider

Macrodiplax cora

Least Concern

Glaucous Crystalwort

Riccia glauca

Vulnerable

Locust bean moth

Apomyelois ceratoniae

Not Evaluated

Glandular cape marigold

Dimorphotheca sinuata

Not Evaluated

Great Scented Liverwort

Conocephalum conicum

Data Deficient

Clustered Bracket

Inonotus cuticularis

Vulnerable

Bellorita

Erigeron bellioides

Least Concern

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Green-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula elisae

Least Concern

Hyssopleaf sandmat

Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Gibbon Furrow Lobster

Justitia longimanus

Data Deficient

Club-tailed Cruiser

Macromia urania

Least Concern

Throatwort

Trachelium caeruleum

Not Evaluated

giant willow aphid

Tuberolachnus salignus

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse frog

Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Least Concern

Clown beetle

Carcinops pumilio

Least Concern

Iceland Cyprina

Arctica islandica

Least Concern

Bellerochea malleus

Not Evaluated

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Desmodium intortum

Least Concern

austral cone

Conus australis

Least Concern

Green Russula

Russula virescens

Near Threatened

American Goldthread

Coptis trifolia

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium rubi

Not Evaluated

giant tiger prawn

Penaeus monodon

Not Evaluated

Giant taro

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Not Evaluated

cloth-of-gold cone

Conus textile

Least Concern

green yoke moss

Zygodon viridissimus

Least Concern

Giant St. John'S-Wort

Hypericum ascyron

Not Evaluated

Greville's Bolete

Suillus grevillei

Least Concern

Clostridium tertium

Not Evaluated

Sea Lettuce

Ulva lactuca

Least Concern

Clostridium sporogenes

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Chrysocharis viridis

Not Evaluated

giant razor clam

Ensis siliqua

Not Evaluated

Clostridium septicum

Not Evaluated

bell bauhinia

Bauhinia tomentosa

Least Concern

Guenther's Amoy Frog

Sylvirana guentheri

Least Concern

lesser knob coral

Cyphastrea ocellina

Vulnerable

giant ramshorn snail

Marisa cornuarietis

Least Concern

Clostridium celerecrescens

Not Evaluated

Hainan Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis hainanus

Least Concern

Hainan Plum Yew

Cephalotaxus hainanensis

Endangered

Hairy Leg Bell

Galerina vittiformis

Least Concern

Père David s Red-backed Vole

Eothenomys melanogaster

Least Concern

hair-pointed moss

Cirriphyllum piliferum

Least Concern

giant mud crab

Scylla serrata

Not Evaluated

Haspan flatsedge

Cyperus haspan

Least Concern

Clostridium carnis

Not Evaluated

Hairypod cowpea

Vigna luteola

Least Concern

Bellator Lobster

Thymopides grobovi

Least Concern

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

Hall crab apple

Malus halliana

Data Deficient

Hairy Threadwort

Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Not Evaluated

Halberd shark

Pristiophorus japonicus

Least Concern

giant crab spiders

Heteropoda venatoria

Not Evaluated

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