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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

(Great Indian Bustard)
(Critically Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(Eurasian Collared-Dove)
 

Featured Species

(Slender mandarinfish)
 

Extreme Species

(bowhead whale)
Adult Weight 1 : 110.23 tons (100,000.00 kg)
Female Maturity 1 : 22 years 9 months
Maximum Longevity 1 : 211 years
Male Maturity 1 : 22 years 9 months

Species Relation

(clouded sulphur)
 
provides Pollination for 2
(Buttonbush)
 

Common Species

ant  bat  bee  bird  cardinal  cat  chipmunk  crocodile  dove  elephant  elk  garlic  giraffe  gorilla  hamster  hickory  human  kangaroo  kingfisher  koala  lamprey  lime  llama  mole  orange  ostrich  palm  parakeet  pig  porpoise  puma  radish  reptile  roach  salamander  scallop  seal  sloth  sparrow  swallow  thrush  tiger  tuna  turkey  turtle  vanilla  wheat  wolf 

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Animals that exist only in captivity
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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 ♦ 2Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
Ardeotis nigriceps Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 28-Nov-2006, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Streptopelia decaocto Species recognized by Banks R.C., 26-May-2005, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Siniperca roulei Species recognized by Group expert : Arratia, G., 02-Oct-2012, FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Balaena mysticetus Species recognized by Mead J.G., 05-Dec-2008, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Cephalanthus tetrandra Species recognized by Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Colias philodice Species recognized by Haeuser C., Holstein J. & Steiner A., 08-Feb-2007, GloBIS (GART): Global Butterfly Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
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