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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
326
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 52
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 173
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1378
Data Deficient 102
Not Evaluated 3040
Extinct 30

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

Shinella granuli

Not Evaluated

owl's-eye

Mammillaria parkinsonii

Endangered

Oysterling Pinkgill

Entoloma byssisedum

Least Concern

Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora millepora

Least Concern

Many-Fruited Pelt Lichen

Peltigera polydactylon

Data Deficient

lily-of-the-Nile

Agapanthus africanus

Not Evaluated

Pacific jewel box

Chama pacifica

Not Evaluated

Pacific Leach's cranch squid

Leachia pacifica

Data Deficient

Clouded Agaric

Clitocybe nebularis

Least Concern

clouded-bordered brindle

Apamea crenata

Least Concern

Japanese pear rust

Gymnosporangium asiaticum

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

Pacific pearl-oyster

Pinctada margaritifera

Not Evaluated

paddle grass

Halophila decipiens

Least Concern

Paddlenose chimaera

Rhinochimaera africana

Data Deficient

lilytree

Magnolia denudata

Least Concern

Arthrobacter citreus

Not Evaluated

pagoda-tree

Plumeria rubra

Not Evaluated

Bright-Green Spleenwort

Asplenium viride

Least Concern

Bark Beetle

Xylosandrus germanus

Not Evaluated

Brassica Downy Mildew

Hyaloperonospora brassicae

Not Evaluated

Angel fish

Rhinobatos hynnicephalus

Endangered

Asian soybean rust

Phakopsora pachyrhizi

Not Evaluated

Lilac Bonnet

Mycena pura

Least Concern

Corm dry rot

Rigidoporus vinctus

Not Evaluated

Golden Hair-Lichen

Teloschistes flavicans

Not Evaluated

Saffron Soldiers

Trichia scabra

Not Evaluated

Leucobacter aridicollis

Not Evaluated

Chinese Spiny Lobster

Panulirus stimpsoni

Data Deficient

Blainville’s Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

Data Deficient

Mustard Lichen

Pyxine subcinerea

Not Evaluated

saffron spike

Aphelandra squarrosa

Not Evaluated

Leaf rust of coffee

Hemileia vastatrix

Not Evaluated

Onion Smudge Fungus

Colletotrichum circinans

Not Evaluated

Snow Fungus

Tremella fuciformis

Not Evaluated

Painted Suillus

Suillus spraguei

Not Evaluated

Broadleaved bristlegrass

Setaria palmifolia

Not Evaluated

Pale Cow-Hair Moss

Ditrichum pallidum

Critically Endangered

Lady beetle

Harmonia octomaculata

Not Evaluated

Poison Ivy Rust

Pileolaria brevipes

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Sepedophilus testaceus

Least Concern

starflower coral

Astreopora incrustans

Vulnerable

Chicita'S Sea Storm Lichen

Cetrelia chicitae

Not Evaluated

Asian Jumpseed

Persicaria filiformis

Not Evaluated

Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Not Evaluated

Manila grass

Zoysia matrella

Not Evaluated

Urn-fruit beauty-berry

Callicarpa macrophylla

Least Concern

Pale Moonsnail

Euspira pallida

Vulnerable

geographer cone

Conus geographus

Least Concern

Fukien Gold-striped Pond Frog

Pelophylax fukienensis

Least Concern

violet crown cactus

Rebutia minuscula

Least Concern

Tuberous Polypore

Polyporus tuberaster

Least Concern

Common Club Rush Rust

Puccinia scirpi

Not Evaluated

Pale Thrush

Turdus pallidus

Least Concern

Palisade signalgrass

Urochloa brizantha

Not Evaluated

bridalwreath

Stephanotis floribunda

Vulnerable

Palmate Germanderwort

Riccardia palmata

Vulnerable

Vectis moss

Chenia leptophylla

Not Evaluated

Small Furrow Lobster

Nupalirus chani

Data Deficient

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