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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

(Negros naked-backed fruit bat)
(Critically Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(Crayfish plague)
 

Featured Species

(Tambaqui)
 

Extreme Species

(Aldabra giant tortoise)
Maximum Longevity 1 : 152 years

Species Relation

 
provides Pollination for 2
(French hydrangea)
 

Common Species

alligator  alpaca  asparagus  bison  blackbird  butterfly  camel  cardinal  cow  crane  daffodil  dolphin  donkey  dove  eel  fish  flamingo  frog  gerbil  grapefruit  gull  human  hummingbird  hyena  iguana  lamprey  lime  mole  orangutan  partridge  peanut  pig  puma  rabbit  rat  reindeer  robin  sea lion  sheep  sparrow  sturgeon  termite  titmouse  tomato  vanilla  wolf  wren 

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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 ♦ 2Kato, M., T. Makutani, T. Inoue, and T. Itino. 1990. Insect-flower relationship in the primary beech forest of Ashu, Kyoto: an overview of the flowering phenology and seasonal pattern of insect visits. Contr. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ. 27:309-375.
Dobsonia chapmani Species recognized by Wilson D.E, 08-Jun-2004, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Aphanomyces astaci Species recognized by IMI, 2004, Species Fungorum in Catalog of Life 2011
Colossoma macropomum Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Dipsochelys dussumieri Species recognized by Uetz P., , TIGR Reptile Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Hydrangea macrophylla Species recognized by Skinner M.W., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Sericomyia sachalinica Species recognized by Systema Dipterorum working record, 2010, Systema Dipterorum in Catalog of Life 2011
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