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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

(Purple-naped Lory)
(Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(Japanese barberry)
 

Featured Species

(Chimaera)
 

Extreme Species

(Fin Whale)
Adult Weight 1 : 77.16 tons (70,000.00 kg)
Maximum Longevity 1 : 114 years

Species Relation

(dinoflagellate)
 
provides Food for 2
(giant feather duster worm)
 

Common Species

alpaca  avocado  camel  cat  cheetah  chimpanzee  cinnamon  cotton  cougar  crocodile  daffodil  dog  dolphin  donkey  elephant  emu  finch  fish  flamingo  garlic  hippopotamus  iguana  insect  jaguar  kangaroo  kingfisher  lion  marigold  mole  moose  moth  opossum  orange  orangutan  peanut  quail  radish  ray  reindeer  salmon  seal  skunk  sparrow  sturgeon  tomato  tortoise  tuna  violet 

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Animals that exist only in captivity
Animals that hibernate
Carnivorous plants
Fastest animals
Greatest weight dimorphism
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 ♦ 2Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
Lorius domicella Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 23-Jan-2007, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Berberis thunbergii Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Chimaera monstrosa Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Balaenoptera physalus Species recognized by Mead J.G., 05-Dec-2008, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Eudistylia polymorpha Species recognized by Fauchald K., 2008-03-26 12:36:43, WoRMS Polychaeta: World Polychaeta database in Catalog of Life 2011
Ceratium fusus Species recognized by Fitzgerald O., , AlgaeBase in Catalog of Life 2011
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