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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

(Nightingale Reed-warbler)
(Critically Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(hornwort)
 

Featured Species

(redspot arrowfin goby)
 

Extreme Species

(African Bush Elephant)
Adult Weight 1 : 5.29 tons (4,800.00 kg)

Species Relation

(Green pin-cushion algae)
 
provides Food for 2
(Nudibranch)
 

Common Species

albatross  banana  bat  beetle  bittern  blackbird  caribou  cockatoo  corn  cow  daffodil  dog  dolphin  elk  emu  finch  goose  grouse  hawk  hippopotamus  hyena  jay  kangaroo  leopard  lion  llama  lynx  mammal  moose  moth  mouse  orangutan  otter  panther  pig  pigeon  rabbit  raccoon  salamander  salmon  scallop  sloth  termite  tuna  turkey  turtle  walrus  wolf  woodchuck 

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Animals sorted by adult weight
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Animals that exist only in captivity
Animals that hibernate
Carnivorous plants
Fastest animals
Largest wingspan
Nocturnal animals
Plants sorted by height

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 ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Acrocephalus luscinia Species recognized by Banks R.C., 2001-10-17, ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Ceratophyllum demersum Species recognized by Kartesz J., 2000-03-15, ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Oxyurichthys tentacularis Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Loxodonta africana Species recognized by Wilson D.E, 2007-08-15, ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Aplysiopsis enteromorphae Species recognized by , , ITIS: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Cladophora columbiana Species recognized by Guiry M.D., , AlgaeBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Relations provided by ♦ 2Defensive responses and palatability of specialist herbivores: predation on NE Pacific ascoglossan gastropods, Cynthia D. Trowbridge, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 105: 61-70, 1994
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