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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

Chroococcus dispersus

Not Evaluated

Powder-post checkered beetle

Tarsostenus univittatus

Not Evaluated

general cone

Conus generalis

Least Concern

Chroococcus cohaerens

Not Evaluated

Garden Millepede

Oxidus gracilis

Not Evaluated

Chrome-Footed Bolete

Harrya chromipes

Not Evaluated

Aspergillus glaucus

Not Evaluated

Arcyria globosa

Not Evaluated

American Eelgrass

Vallisneria americana

Least Concern

Agrimony Rust

Pucciniastrum agrimoniae

Not Evaluated

Ivy gourd

Coccinia grandis

Not Evaluated

Acinetobacter baumannii

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter fabarum

Not Evaluated

Abutilon

Abutilon indicum

Not Evaluated

East Asian river prawn

Macrobrachium nipponense

Least Concern

Asian waterwort

Elatine ambigua

Least Concern

Jacob's coat

Acalypha wilkesiana

Not Evaluated

jagged germanderwort

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Vulnerable

Christmasbush

Senna bicapsularis

Least Concern

Thrips

Thrips nigropilosus

Not Evaluated

Jameson'S Liverwort

Syzygiella autumnalis

Least Concern

Chocolate Milky

Lactarius lignyotus

Endangered

Japanese bobtail

Sepiolina nipponensis

Data Deficient

Methanosarcina mazei

Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Japanese butterfly ray

Gymnura japonica

Vulnerable

furrowed cone

Conus sulcatus

Least Concern

Funeral Bell

Galerina marginata

Least Concern

Chitinophaga terrae

Not Evaluated

Fringed Rock-Cress

Arabis hirsuta

Near Threatened

fringed extinguisher moss

Encalypta ciliata

Least Concern

Chitinophaga taiwanensis

Not Evaluated

Japanese gray shark

Hemitriakis japanica

Endangered

Japanese gray smooth hound

Mustelus griseus

Endangered

Asian swordfern

Nephrolepis brownii

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

Not Evaluated

Japanese leafhopper

Orientus ishidae

Not Evaluated

Japanese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus xanthodryas

Least Concern

Japanese spindletree

Euonymus japonicus

Not Evaluated

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga sancti

Not Evaluated

Fragrant Bracket

Trametes suaveolens

Endangered

Chitinophaga rupis

Not Evaluated

Japanese Pearlwort

Sagina japonica

Not Evaluated

Japanese-pepper

Zanthoxylum piperitum

Not Evaluated

Asian spiderflower

Arivela viscosa

Not Evaluated

arching bushweed

Flueggea suffruticosa

Not Evaluated

foxglove aphid

Aulacorthum solani

Not Evaluated

Claudia's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus claudiae

Least Concern

Japanese shore crab

Hemigrapsus penicillatus

Not Evaluated

Japanese spurdog

Squalus japonicus

Endangered

Japanese Squid

Loliolus japonica

Data Deficient

Japanese Thrush

Turdus cardis

Least Concern

fragile-leaved broom moss

Dicranum fragilifolium

Least Concern

Four-Seed Vetch

Vicia tetrasperma

Least Concern

Clasping Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Least Concern

Fourleaf manyseed

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

Not Evaluated

Fountainbush

Russelia equisetiformis

Not Evaluated

Claretcup Hedgehog

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Least Concern

Fountain Apple-Moss

Philonotis fontana

Least Concern

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