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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

Louisiana cupgrass

Eriochloa punctata

Not Evaluated

blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena maculosa

Least Concern

Blue Shieldbug

Zicrona caerulea

Least Concern

Obscure morning-glory

Ipomoea obscura

Not Evaluated

glory-of-the-sea cone

Conus gloriamaris

Least Concern

Chinese Gray Shrike

Lanius sphenocercus

Least Concern

Chinese hackberry

Celtis sinensis

Least Concern

Tubificid worm

Branchiura sowerbyi

Not Evaluated

Pear Scab

Venturia pyrina

Not Evaluated

Bog Chickweed

Stellaria alsine

Least Concern

bog germanderwort

Riccardia latifrons

Vulnerable

Bog Marshcress

Rorippa palustris

Not Evaluated

Rosy Minivet

Pericrocotus roseus

Least Concern

Bog Waxcap

Hygrocybe coccineocrenata

Near Threatened

white evening-primrose

Oenothera speciosa

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Philonthus longicornis

Least Concern

Bonpland's squid

Grimalditeuthis bonplandii

Least Concern

Northern Naiad

Najas gracillima

Least Concern

transparent wood-rose

Operculina turpethum

Not Evaluated

Inocybe putilla

Data Deficient

Woolly Hair

Ulothrix flacca

Least Concern

fern-leaved hook moss

Cratoneuron filicinum

Not Evaluated

Russet Bush Warbler

Locustella mandelli

Least Concern

Navicula gregaria

Not Evaluated

Fragile Stonewort

Chara globularis

Least Concern

California fan palm

Washingtonia filifera

Least Concern

box-holly

Ruscus aculeatus

Not Evaluated

Jewels of opar

Talinum paniculatum

Least Concern

finger coral

Caulastraea furcata

Least Concern

Smooth joyweed

Alternanthera paronychioides

Not Evaluated

winged water-primrose

Ludwigia decurrens

Least Concern

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Devil's Bit

Ruellia tuberosa

Not Evaluated

Dead and Awake

Neptunia plena

Least Concern

Castor bean tick

Ixodes ricinus

Not Evaluated

Grey-cushioned Grimmia

Grimmia pulvinata

Least Concern

Swordfern

Macrothelypteris torresiana

Not Evaluated

Catherine'S Moss

Atrichum undulatum

Least Concern

Slender Brittlegill

Russula gracillima

Least Concern

Onion Earthball

Scleroderma cepa

Data Deficient

jumping spiders

Plexippus paykulli

Not Evaluated

ice fire

Acropora echinata

Vulnerable

branched cup coral

Blastomussa merleti

Least Concern

branched murex

Chicoreus ramosus

Not Evaluated

branched pipe coral

Carijoa riisei

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora peltiformis

Near Threatened

net coral

Alveopora tizardi

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites lichen

Least Concern

Cattail Grass

Setaria pumila

Least Concern

Alisan's Salamander

Hynobius arisanensis

Endangered

Hen Pen

Bryopsis plumosa

Least Concern

Green String Lettuce

Ulva linza

Least Concern

Flexuous Gutweed

Ulva flexuosa

Least Concern

Thread Weed

Ulva compressa

Least Concern

Sea Hair

Chaetomorpha linum

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora verrucosa

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora meandrina

Least Concern

Gut Weed

Ulva intestinalis

Least Concern

Lawn Marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Not Evaluated

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