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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

coast redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

Endangered

Lentil Shanklet

Collybia tuberosa

Least Concern

leopard cone

Conus leopardus

Least Concern

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

Least Concern

Brown Funnel Polypore

Coltricia perennis

Least Concern

Wardrobe beetle

Attagenus fasciatus

Not Evaluated

Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes

Not Evaluated

Brownbeard rice

Oryza rufipogon

Least Concern

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

Cobetia marina

Not Evaluated

brown-banded cockroach

Supella longipalpa

Not Evaluated

beaked tasselweed

Ruppia maritima

Extinct

Aniseed Polypore

Haploporus odorus

Vulnerable

Malayan-sword

Aglaonema simplex

Least Concern

brown-banded catshark

Chiloscyllium punctatum

Near Threatened

Ceratium gravidum

Not Evaluated

Brownbanded bambooshark

Chiloscyllium plagiosum

Near Threatened

Beaked Iris

Iris ensata

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga eiseniae

Not Evaluated

Chaetomium elatum

Not Evaluated

Broom Fork-Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Least Concern

Ceratium trichoceros

Not Evaluated

Chitinophaga skermanii

Not Evaluated

Broom

Cytisus scoparius

Least Concern

beaked bow moss

Dicranodontium denudatum

Not Evaluated

Anil de pasto

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

Alfred manta

Mobula alfredi

Vulnerable

Afghan-Melon

Citrullus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Chinese freshwater edible crab

Eriocheir sinensis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

bronze whaler

Carcharhinus brachyurus

Vulnerable

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Chromobacterium aquaticum

Not Evaluated

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia thailandensis

Not Evaluated

Broad stingray

Bathytoshia lata

Vulnerable

Burkholderia ubonensis

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia contaminans

Not Evaluated

Broadnose wedgefish

Rhynchobatus springeri

Critically Endangered

beach palm

Bactris major

Least Concern

Angulomicrobium amanitiforme

Not Evaluated

Spectacular Rustgill

Gymnopilus junonius

Not Evaluated

Broadnose Lanternshark

Etmopterus burgessi

Least Concern

Caryophanon latum

Not Evaluated

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

Near Threatened

Broad-leaved bowgrass

Cyrtococcum patens

Not Evaluated

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

Brown dog tick

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Not Evaluated

Broadleaf Pondweed

Stuckenia pectinata

Least Concern

Bradyrhizobium ganzhouense

Not Evaluated

nigra scale

Parasaissetia nigra

Not Evaluated

Broadfin shark

Negaprion acutidens

Endangered

beach evening-primrose

Oenothera drummondii

Not Evaluated

Angoumois grain moth

Sitotroga cerealella

Not Evaluated

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Least Concern

Bradyrhizobium paxllaeri

Not Evaluated

Broad Buckler Fern

Dryopteris expansa

Least Concern

Exiguobacterium aestuarii

Not Evaluated

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