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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

Forked Spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale

Critically Endangered

Kodomillet

Paspalum scrobiculatum

Least Concern

Desertibacter roseus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora friabilis

Vulnerable

Brown twig beetle

Xylosandrus morigerus

Not Evaluated

Four-spot Midget

Mortonagrion hirosei

Near Threatened

Burkholderia seminalis

Not Evaluated

disc coral

Turbinaria mesenterina

Vulnerable

Cladonia ciliata

Least Concern

Kurrajong

Brachychiton populneus

Not Evaluated

kuruma prawn

Penaeus japonicus

Not Evaluated

Kwangtung skate

Dipturus kwangtungensis

Data Deficient

Roseibium album

Not Evaluated

Malayan spurge tree

Euphorbia antiquorum

Least Concern

Roseomonas gilardii

Not Evaluated

ladder flapwort

Nardia scalaris

Vulnerable

Formosan Cypress

Chamaecyparis formosensis

Endangered

Fragrant premna

Premna odorata

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona clavus

Least Concern

Small-leaf climbing fern

Lygodium microphyllum

Least Concern

Flamecrest

Regulus goodfellowi

Least Concern

Magic-Lily

Lycoris squamigera

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium lacus

Not Evaluated

Smoky Rim Lichen

Lecanora cenisia

Data Deficient

Aphanothece saxicola

Not Evaluated

Chinese Edible Frog

Hoplobatrachus rugulosus

Least Concern

Chinese cork oak

Quercus variabilis

Least Concern

Larch Spike

Gomphidius maculatus

Endangered

porcelain coral

Leptoseris amitoriensis

Near Threatened

pore coral

Montipora spongodes

Least Concern

Microbacterium flavescens

Not Evaluated

Body louse

Pediculus humanus

Not Evaluated

large-leaved leafy moss

Rhizomnium magnifolium

Least Concern

larger star coral

Favites halicora

Near Threatened

larger star coral

Favites chinensis

Near Threatened

larger star coral

Favites abdita

Near Threatened

Large Sweet Vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Diaeretiella rapae

Not Evaluated

Asian netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Not Evaluated

Brazilian pennywort

Hydrocotyle leucocephala

Not Evaluated

Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Not Evaluated

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium enclense

Not Evaluated

Tenacibaculum aiptasiae

Not Evaluated

Chinese Chestnut

Castanea mollissima

Least Concern

Robertkochia marina

Not Evaluated

Enteractinococcus fodinae

Not Evaluated

Iceland Lichen

Cetraria islandica

Least Concern

Chinese chastetree

Vitex negundo

Least Concern

Mite

Phytoseiulus persimilis

Not Evaluated

Asian marshweed

Limnophila sessiliflora

Least Concern

Ghost shark

Hydrolagus mitsukurii

Near Threatened

Taiga tick

Ixodes persulcatus

Not Evaluated

Mite

Veigaia planicola

Not Evaluated

Taiwan Fir

Abies kawakamii

Near Threatened

Marine bryozoan

Aetea truncata

Not Evaluated

Tufted Button

Acleris cristana

Least Concern

Warty Beard Lichen

Usnea ceratina

Extinct

Ensifer shofinae

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus gallinarum

Not Evaluated

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