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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

(Swierstra's Francolin)
(Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(hornwort)
 

Featured Species

(Trans-Pecos tansyaster)
 

Extreme Species

(Italian cornsalad)
Pollinators 1 : Bats

Species Relation

(Mueller's clawed frog)
 
provides Food for 2
(Nile Monitor, Water Leguaan)
 

Common Species

ant  bear  chicken  chipmunk  corn  cow  crane  crow  finch  fish  fox  frog  garlic  goose  grouse  gull  iguana  kangaroo  kingfisher  leopard  lime  loon  lynx  mammal  monkey  mouse  mussel  opossum  orange  orangutan  panda  parrot  raccoon  ray  reindeer  reptile  scallop  sea lion  seahorse  seal  shark  soybean  spider  starling  swallow  termite  tiger  trout  wheat  woodchuck 

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Animals that exist only in captivity
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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 ♦ 2The Serengeti food web: empirical quantification and analysis of topological changes under increasing human impact, Sara N. de Visser, Bernd P. Freymann and Han Olff, Journal of Animal Ecology 2011, 80, 484–494
Francolinus swierstrai Species recognized by , , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Ceratophyllum demersum Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Psilactis brevilingulata Species recognized by Flann C., 18-Apr-2010, GCC: Global Compositae Checklist in Catalog of Life 2011
Valerianella eriocarpa Species recognized by Skinner M.W., 08-Dec-2011, ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Varanus niloticus Species recognized by Uetz P., , TIGR Reptile Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Xenopus muelleri Species recognized by , , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
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