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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

(Volga Shad)
(Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(drooping timber bamboo)
 

Featured Species

(sand smelt)
 

Extreme Species

(field speedwell)
Pollinators 1 : Bats

Species Relation

(St Mark's Fly)
 
provides Pollination for 2
(Dandelion)
 

Common Species

ant  asparagus  badger  banana  camel  chickadee  chimpanzee  cinnamon  cougar  crow  daffodil  donkey  emu  fish  giraffe  goat  hamster  hyena  iguana  insect  jay  kiwi  lamprey  lettuce  lime  llama  lynx  macaw  manatee  mussel  nemo  panther  pig  quail  radish  rat  reindeer  reptile  scallop  sea lion  sheep  swallow  toad  tortoise  wasp  watermelon  woodchuck 

Quick Links

Animals sorted by adult weight
Animals sorted by litter (brood) size
Animals sorted by longevity (lifetime)
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 ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
Alosa volgensis Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Phyllostachys flexuosa Species recognized by Govaerts R., 24-Oct-2006, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Atherina hepsetus Species recognized by Group expert : Dyer, B.S., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Veronica agrestis Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Taraxacum campylodes Species recognized by Flann C., 16-Dec-2010, GCC: Global Compositae Checklist in Catalog of Life 2011
Bibio marci Species recognized by Systema Dipterorum working record, 2010, Systema Dipterorum in Catalog of Life 2011
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