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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

Azorhizobium oxalatiphilum

Not Evaluated

Azospirillum canadense

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium acidificum

Not Evaluated

Cladonia bellidiflora

Critically Endangered

Stemonitopsis gracilis

Not Evaluated

Lysobacter soli

Not Evaluated

Vibrio mimicus

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium zeae

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium quisquiliarum

Not Evaluated

Sphingobium ummariense

Not Evaluated

Sphacelaria tribuloides

Not Evaluated

Pluteus exiguus

Vulnerable

Baeomyces placophyllus

Endangered

Calderon Gris

Grampus griseus

Least Concern

Flavobacterium supellecticarium

Not Evaluated

Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Data Deficient

Alcanivorax pacificus

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter troitsensis

Not Evaluated

Biddulphia rhombus

Not Evaluated

Allobacillus halotolerans

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter lambici

Not Evaluated

Achnanthes longipes

Not Evaluated

Actinocatenispora thailandica

Not Evaluated

Bifidobacterium bifidum

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax venustensis

Not Evaluated

Altererythrobacter epoxidivorans

Not Evaluated

American Wigeon

Mareca americana

Not Evaluated

Antrodiella semisupina

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum

Not Evaluated

Anabaena thermophila

Not Evaluated

Angulomicrobium tetraedale

Not Evaluated

Arcyria incarnata

Not Evaluated

Anabaena birgei

Not Evaluated

Anabaenopsis circularis

Not Evaluated

Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus

Not Evaluated

Exiguobacterium aestuarii

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium paxllaeri

Not Evaluated

nigra scale

Parasaissetia nigra

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium ganzhouense

Not Evaluated

Brown dog tick

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Not Evaluated

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

Near Threatened

Caryophanon latum

Not Evaluated

Spectacular Rustgill

Gymnopilus junonius

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia contaminans

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia ubonensis

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia thailandensis

Not Evaluated

Chromobacterium aquaticum

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

Chinese freshwater edible crab

Eriocheir sinensis

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga skermanii

Not Evaluated

Ceratium trichoceros

Not Evaluated

Chaetomium elatum

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga eiseniae

Not Evaluated

Ceratium gravidum

Not Evaluated

Malayan-sword

Aglaonema simplex

Least Concern

Cobetia marina

Not Evaluated

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

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