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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

(Orphan salamander)
(Critically Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(glenwoodgrass)
 

Featured Species

(paperplant)
 

Extreme Species

(brittle-stem hemp-nettle)
Pollinators 1 : Bats

Species Relation

(needle grama)
 
provides Food for 2
(desert pocket mouse)
 

Common Species

alpaca  armadillo  asparagus  badger  banana  bear  bison  cactus  caribou  cheetah  cinnamon  corn  donkey  dove  fish  gerbil  goat  human  hyena  jaguar  koala  lemon  lettuce  lime  loon  manatee  marigold  nuthatch  opossum  orangutan  partridge  puma  radish  ray  rhinoceros  roach  scallop  sea lion  seahorse  sheep  thrush  tortoise  trout  turkey  woodchuck  woodpecker 

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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 ♦ 2Chaetodipus penicillatus, Stacy J. Mantooth and Troy L. Best, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 767, pp. 1–7 (2005)
Bolitoglossa capitana Species recognized by , , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Sacciolepis indica Species recognized by Govaerts R., 24-Oct-2006, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Fatsia japonica Species recognized by Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Galeopsis tetrahit Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Chaetodipus penicillatus Species recognized by Gardner A.L, 22-Apr-2004, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Bouteloua aristidoides Species recognized by Govaerts R., 24-Oct-2006, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
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