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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
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

Dry Duster

Coniophora arida

Least Concern

court cone

Conus aulicus

Least Concern

Chinese lettuce coral

Mycedium robokaki

Least Concern

Juniper aphid

Cinara juniperi

Not Evaluated

Slender Dogtooth Moss

Cynodontium gracilescens

Endangered

starling mite

Ornithonyssus bursa

Not Evaluated

Slender Parasol

Macrolepiota mastoidea

Near Threatened

Ground Ivy Rust

Puccinia glechomatis

Not Evaluated

slender silver moss

Anomobryum julaceum

Not Evaluated

Creeping Thistle Lacebug

Tingis ampliata

Not Evaluated

lesser star coral

Goniastrea retiformis

Least Concern

Slippery White Bolete

Suillus placidus

Critically Endangered

Small Black Ant

Lasius niger

Least Concern

Small eight-armed gonate squid

Gonatopsis octopedatus

Least Concern

small fan-foot

Herminia grisealis

Least Concern

Small-leaf spiderwort

Tradescantia fluminensis

Not Evaluated

Smallmouth knifetooth dogfish

Zameus squamulosus

Least Concern

Lewis spider mite

Eotetranychus lewisi

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Ceranisus menes

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia vietnamiensis

Not Evaluated

Smooth Bristle Bracket

Phellinus laevigatus

Endangered

Small Stagshorn

Calocera cornea

Least Concern

Small Yellow Foxglove

Digitalis lutea

Not Evaluated

Smoky Bracket

Bjerkandera adusta

Least Concern

Leucobacter celer

Not Evaluated

Cownose ray

Rhinoptera javanica

Endangered

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

Not Evaluated

cowpea aphid

Aphis craccivora

Not Evaluated

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

Microbacterium aquimaris

Not Evaluated

Nonomuraea bangladeshensis

Not Evaluated

anemone coral

Goniopora stokesi

Near Threatened

Indonesian greeneye spurdog

Squalus montalbani

Vulnerable

Snakeskin Grisette

Amanita ceciliae

Least Concern

snout

Hypena proboscidalis

Least Concern

Snowbush

Breynia disticha

Not Evaluated

Membranous Pelt Lichen

Peltigera membranacea

Least Concern

Soapy Trich

Tricholoma saponaceum

Least Concern

Wasp

Aphytis proclia

Not Evaluated

Society garlic

Tulbaghia violacea

Not Evaluated

Mite

Notoedres cati

Not Evaluated

Soft elephantsfoot

Elephantopus mollis

Not Evaluated

Softseed wild petunia

Ruellia simplex

Data Deficient

soldier cone

Conus miles

Least Concern

solitary cup coral

Cynarina lacrymalis

Near Threatened

blood-stained cone

Conus sanguinolentus

Least Concern

Erythromicrobium ramosum

Not Evaluated

Centipede

Orphnaeus brevilabiatus

Not Evaluated

Exiguobacterium acetylicum

Not Evaluated

Sordid Blewit

Lepista sordida

Least Concern

Sour orange

Citrus aurantium

Not Evaluated

Sour Prickle

Opuntia dillenii

Not Evaluated

Soursop

Annona muricata

Not Evaluated

South african ragwort

Senecio inaequidens

Not Evaluated

South American jelly palm

Butia capitata

Not Evaluated

South American lupin

Lupinus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

South American royal palm

Roystonea oleracea

Near Threatened

Kurthia gibsonii

Not Evaluated

Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus fleurettii

Not Evaluated

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