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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
243
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 24
Endangered 74
Vulnerable 145
Near Threatened 125
Least Concern 856
Data Deficient 90
Not Evaluated 2280
Extinct 15

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

Azospirillum rugosum

Not Evaluated

Azospirillum soli

Not Evaluated

Azpeitia nodulifera

Not Evaluated

baby jump-up

Mecardonia procumbens

Least Concern

Baby’s Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Least Concern

Bachelor'S-Button

Gomphrena globosa

Not Evaluated

Bacillus anthracis

Not Evaluated

Bacterial Crown Gall

Agrobacterium radiobacter

Not Evaluated

Bacterial Speck

Pseudomonas syringae

Not Evaluated

Bacteriastrum hyalinum

Not Evaluated

Badhamia affinis

Not Evaluated

Badhamia nitens

Not Evaluated

Baikal skullcap

Scutellaria baicalensis

Not Evaluated

Ball Mustard

Neslia paniculata

Endangered

Balloon shark

Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis

Critically Endangered

Bamboo longhorn beetle

Chlorophorus annularis

Not Evaluated

bamboo mussel-scale

Pinnaspis buxi

Not Evaluated

Bamboo pit scale

Bambusaspis bambusae

Not Evaluated

Banana shrub

Magnolia figo

Least Concern

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

bandana-of-the-Everglades

Canna flaccida

Not Evaluated

Banded greenhouse thrips

Hercinothrips femoralis

Not Evaluated

Banded thrip

Franklinothrips vespiformis

Not Evaluated

Banded Whip Lobster

Puerulus angulatus

Least Concern

Bangkimtsing Frog

Odorrana swinhoana

Least Concern

Bankor Toad

Bufo bankorensis

Least Concern

Bareskin dogfish

Centroscyllium kamoharai

Least Concern

Bark Beetle

Xylosandrus germanus

Not Evaluated

Barley Brome

Bromus hordeaceus

Least Concern

Barn Funnel Weaver

Tegenaria domestica

Least Concern

Barred bull-head shark

Heterodontus zebra

Least Concern

Bastard Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Least Concern

Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctatus

Not Evaluated

Bat-Wing Coral Tree

Erythrina vespertilio

Least Concern

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

beach evening-primrose

Oenothera drummondii

Not Evaluated

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

beaked bow moss

Dicranodontium denudatum

Not Evaluated

Beaked Iris

Iris ensata

Not Evaluated

beaked tasselweed

Ruppia maritima

Extinct

Beanweed

Scytosiphon lomentaria

Least Concern

bearberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

Not Evaluated

Bearded Dapperling

Cystolepiota seminuda

Least Concern

Bearded Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum barbatum

Endangered

bearded pawwort

Barbilophozia barbata

Critically Endangered

Bearded Tooth

Hericium erinaceus

Critically Endangered

Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen

Collema pulcellum

Not Evaluated

Beauveria bassiana

Not Evaluated

Beavertail Prickly-pear

Opuntia basilaris

Least Concern

Beech Fern

Phegopteris connectilis

Critically Endangered

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

Beetle

Byturus tomentosus

Least Concern

Beet Webworm

Spoladea recurvalis

Not Evaluated

Blackbelly lanternshark

Etmopterus molleri

Data Deficient

black bloom moss

Schistidium trichodon

Least Concern

Blackbodied leg skate

Sinobatis melanosoma

Least Concern

Black Bulgar

Bulgaria inquinans

Least Concern

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

Vulnerable

Black-collared Starling

Gracupica nigricollis

Least Concern

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