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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

sheet fire coral

Millepora platyphylla

Least Concern

serpent coral

Pachyseris gemmae

Near Threatened

Sesbania Pea

Sesbania bispinosa

Least Concern

Seven-Arm Octopus

Haliphron atlanticus

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium mayense

Not Evaluated

coraltree

Erythrina corallodendron

Least Concern

Coral catshark

Atelomycterus marmoratus

Near Threatened

Shinella yambaruensis

Not Evaluated

Shamel ash

Fraxinus uhdei

Not Evaluated

Rothia terrae

Not Evaluated

Sharpnose stingray

Telatrygon acutirostra

Vulnerable

Sharpspine skate

Okamejei acutispina

Vulnerable

Sheep botfly

Oestrus ovis

Extinct

Sheep's Ear Abalone

Haliotis ovina

Least Concern

Shingled Hedgehog

Sarcodon imbricatus

Near Threatened

Shiney Green Leaf Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum

Endangered

shiny bird squid

Ornithoteuthis volatilis

Least Concern

Shiny Cinnamon Polypore

Coltricia cinnamomea

Vulnerable

Curve-leaved Bow-moss

Dicranodontium uncinatum

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas vasicola

Not Evaluated

Corona Cup

Plectania melastoma

Least Concern

Xanthomonas sacchari

Not Evaluated

short-finned pilot whale

Globicephala macrorhynchus

Data Deficient

Woolly aphids

Eriosoma ulmi

Not Evaluated

Dogfish

Squalus suckleyi

Least Concern

Short Pipe-Wort

Eriocaulon truncatum

Least Concern

Short-spored Earthtongue

Trichoglossum walteri

Vulnerable

Sphingomonas faucium

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Bollworm

Earias insulana

Not Evaluated

Demoiselle Crane

Anthropoides virgo

Least Concern

Mealybug destroyer

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

Not Evaluated

Spanish Dot

Antigastra catalaunalis

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila hydei

Not Evaluated

Oleander Aphid

Aphis nerii

Not Evaluated

Dark Mottled Willow

Spodoptera cilium

Not Evaluated

Redclaw

Cherax quadricarinatus

Least Concern

Pomace Fly

Drosophila busckii

Not Evaluated

Depressed flour beetle

Palorus subdepressus

Not Evaluated

Mite

Psoroptes ovis

Not Evaluated

Showy baby's-breath

Gypsophila elegans

Not Evaluated

Mite

Neoseiulus californicus

Not Evaluated

Climbing Flower Cup

Floscopa scandens

Least Concern

Showy rattlebox

Crotalaria spectabilis

Not Evaluated

smooth giant clam

Tridacna derasa

Vulnerable

Shrimpplant

Justicia brandegeeana

Not Evaluated

American Boxwood

Cornus florida

Least Concern

Shrub lespedeza

Lespedeza bicolor

Not Evaluated

Siamese-ginger

Alpinia galanga

Not Evaluated

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora damicornis

Least Concern

Siberian hazelnut

Corylus heterophylla

Least Concern

Siboga Squid

Uroteuthis sibogae

Data Deficient

Sickener

Russula emetica

Least Concern

Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket

Phaneroptera falcata

Least Concern

sickle moss

Sanionia uncinata

Least Concern

Sickle senna

Senna tora

Not Evaluated

Sideshoot Bonnet

Mycena latifolia

Near Threatened

Sporosarcina luteola

Not Evaluated

Fire Coral

Millepora foveolata

Vulnerable

Indian-chestnut

Castanopsis indica

Least Concern

Panicled Spot Flower

Acmella paniculata

Least Concern

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