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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 
Animalia1,012,361 63,050 15,704 4,679 295 39,016 
Archaea281 1 0 0 0 0 
Bacteria9,051 50 0 1 4 144 
Chromista6,977 135 0 4 7 105 
Fungi46,584 2,557 1,864 4 10 421 
Plantae268,574 28,046 72,473 3,879 404 10,828 
Protozoa14,336 12 0 0 2 73 
Viruses2,480 0 0 0 0 0 
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Grand Total1,360,64493,85190,0418,56772250,587

Endangered Species

(Oahu schiedea)
(Critically Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(Sticky Groundsel)
 

Featured Species

(Dot-winged Crake)
 

Extreme Species

(Southern Elephant Seal)
Adult Weight 1 : 1.54 tons (1,400.00 kg)

Species Relation

(northern shortfin squid)
 
provides Food for 2
(Whiting)
 

Common Species

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Fastest animals
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Largest wingspan
Nocturnal animals
Plants sorted by height
Janka Wood Hardness - Softest - Hardest

Citations

Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Attributes / relations 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 ♦ 2CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
Schiedea kaalae Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Senecio viscosus Species recognized by Flann C., 19-Apr-2010, GCC: Global Compositae Checklist in Catalog of Life 2011
Porzana spiloptera Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 28-Nov-2006, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Mirounga leonina Species recognized by Gardner A.L, 15-Aug-2007, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Merluccius bilinearis Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Illex illecebrosus Species recognized by Sweeney M.J., 31-Mar-2010, WoRMS Mollusca: World Marine Mollusca database in Catalog of Life 2011
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