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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

(Lake Victoria cichlid)
(Critically Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(Brown mussel)
 

Featured Species

(Threespotted waspfish)
 

Extreme Species

(Slimehead)
Maximum Longevity 1 : 149 years

Species Relation

(common filbert)
 
provides Mutual for 2
(Mild Milkcap)
 

Common Species

banana  bat  beetle  cactus  camel  cardinal  chicken  chimpanzee  chipmunk  cow  daisy  eel  emu  fish  gull  hamster  hickory  kiwi  lime  lizard  llama  loon  manatee  moose  moth  mouse  nuthatch  orangutan  panther  pig  puma  radish  rice  roach  scallop  sea lion  sheep  soybean  swallow  swan  toad  tuna  weasel  wheat  wren  zebra 

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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 ♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495. ♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
Haplochromis mylergates Species recognized by Group expert : Kullander, S.O., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Perna perna Species recognized by , 23-Sep-2010, WoRMS Mollusca: World Marine Mollusca database in Catalog of Life 2011
Neocentropogon trimaculatus Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Hoplostethus atlanticus Species recognized by Group expert : Moore, J.A., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Lactarius subdulcis Species recognized by Kew Mycology, 2008, Species Fungorum in Catalog of Life 2011
Corylus avellana Species recognized by Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
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