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Welcome to the Global Species website. A mashup of species data from around the web.

Features

The following table contains species counts for select categories.
More detailed statistics can be found on the About page.

 Kingdom  Total  English Names  Attributes   Endangered  Invasive  Relations 
Animalia1,018,646 61,685 14,070 3,984 303 32,687 
Archaea281 1 0 0 0 0 
Bacteria9,053 47 0 1 4 129 
Chromista6,543 130 0 5 7 24 
Fungi44,478 1,581 0 3 10 419 
Plantae233,319 21,541 4,321 3,291 414 9,554 
Protozoa6,096 9 0 0 2 18 
Viruses2,083 13 0 0 0 80 
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Grand Total1,320,49985,00718,3917,28474042,911

Endangered Species

(Sardinian brook salamander)
(Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(Ladino Clover)
 

Featured Species

(Plain-pouched Hornbill)
 

Extreme Species

(purslane speedwell)
Pollinators 1 : Bats

Species Relation

 
provides Food for 2
(white-faced capuchin)
 

Common Species

alpaca  bison  butterfly  condor  cormorant  cotton  crane  crow  egret  flamingo  fox  gorilla  hornbill  horse  hyena  kiwi  koala  lamprey  lemon  manatee  moose  octopus  opossum  orangutan  parakeet  penguin  pigeon  rabbit  raccoon  radish  reptile  salamander  sea lion  snake  squirrel  starling  swan  tern  tiger  titmouse  toad  turkey  turtle  walrus  wasp  weasel  woodpecker  yak 

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Citations

Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 8 May 2011.
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Attributes provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License
Euproctus platycephalus Species recognized by , , ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Trifolium repens Species recognized by Roskov Y.R., , ILDIS World Database of Legumes in Catalog of Life 2011
Rhyticeros subruficollis Species recognized by , , ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Veronica peregrina Species recognized by Kartesz J., 2000-03-15, ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Cebus capucinus Species recognized by Groves C.P., 2002-07-30, ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Quercus oleoides Species recognized by Govaerts R., 2003-11-11, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Relations provided by ♦ 2Flexibility in Diets of Three Species of Costa Rican Primates, Colin Chapman, Folia primatol. 49: 90-105 (1987)
Images provided by Google Image Search
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access