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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
486
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 67
Endangered 148
Vulnerable 271
Near Threatened 212
Least Concern 1730
Data Deficient 133
Not Evaluated 3193
Extinct 31

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

Methanofollis formosanus

Not Evaluated

Root aphid

Forda marginata

Not Evaluated

Luchu Pine

Pinus luchuensis

Least Concern

Pugnose caridina

Caridina weberi

Least Concern

Birch Brittlegill

Russula betularum

Least Concern

Mesorhizobium septentrionale

Not Evaluated

Roseibium hamelinense

Not Evaluated

Allorhizobium terrae

Not Evaluated

arghan

Aechmea magdalenae

Least Concern

Sculpted Lobster

Metanephrops sagamiensis

Data Deficient

Mesorhizobium plurifarium

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium sediminum

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium tamadayense

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium sophorae

Not Evaluated

Mesorhizobium thiogangeticum

Not Evaluated

False Virgin Cone

Conus emaciatus

Least Concern

Clostridium peptidivorans

Not Evaluated

Saccharopolyspora endophytica

Not Evaluated

Goodfellowiella coeruleoviolacea

Not Evaluated

Hyphomicrobium facile

Not Evaluated

Kribbella aluminosa

Not Evaluated

Wide-taek Crab

Geothelphusa eurysoma

Data Deficient

Selenomonas lacticifex

Not Evaluated

Giant skate

Dipturus gigas

Near Threatened

Listeria ivanovii

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium hibernum

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium terrae

Not Evaluated

Horse sucking louse

Haematopinus asini

Not Evaluated

sperm whale

Physeter macrocephalus

Vulnerable

Annual Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Not Evaluated

Fragile Dapperling

Leucocoprinus fragilissimus

Not Evaluated

Japanese Cherry

Prunus serrulata

Not Evaluated

Rice

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

Least Concern

Bacillus thuringiensis

Not Evaluated

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Vulnerable

Two-toned Pygmy Squid

Idiosepius pygmaeus

Data Deficient

Salinicoccus siamensis

Not Evaluated

Laurilia sulcata

Vulnerable

Siphonobacter aquaeclarae

Not Evaluated

Citricoccus nitrophenolicus

Not Evaluated

Zooshikella ganghwensis

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas melonis

Not Evaluated

Luteimonas abyssi

Not Evaluated

Novosphingobium gossypii

Not Evaluated

Athelia bombacina

Data Deficient

Azorhizobium doebereinerae

Not Evaluated

Fukien Gold-striped Pond Frog

Pelophylax fukienensis

Least Concern

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Data Deficient

Arthrobacter citreus

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia hataii

Least Concern

Formosan Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus formosae

Least Concern

Arenimonas donghaensis

Not Evaluated

Lilac Mushroom

Agaricus porphyrizon

Least Concern

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia hemprichii

Least Concern

Arthrobacter ramosus

Not Evaluated

Arundinibacter roseus

Not Evaluated

Goat'S Beard

Ramaria flava

Not Evaluated

lobed cactus coral

Lobophyllia robusta

Least Concern

Atheniella adonis

Least Concern

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