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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

(Tricolor sharkminnow)
(Endangered)
 

Invasive Species

(saltcedar)
 

Featured Species

(yerba de clavo)
 

Extreme Species

(Fruit fly)
Female Maturity 1 : 7 days
Male Maturity 1 : 7 days

Species Relation

(bird's nest)
 
provides Food for 2
(Bean aphid)
 

Common Species

anteater  armadillo  avocado  banana  caribou  cheetah  chipmunk  cormorant  corn  cotton  coyote  crane  crow  daisy  elephant  fish  giraffe  horse  hummingbird  iguana  insect  jay  kangaroo  lamprey  lettuce  lynx  manatee  orangutan  ostrich  parakeet  peanut  porpoise  puma  reptile  rhinoceros  scallop  seal  shark  skunk  spider  sturgeon  swan  toad  turtle  vanilla  walnut  woodpecker  yak 

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 ♦ 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 ♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Balantiocheilos melanopterus Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Tamarix parviflora Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Hydrocotyle javanica Species recognized by Kartesz J., Oct-2011, Umbellifers: World Umbellifer Database in Catalog of Life 2011
Drosophila melanogaster Species recognized by Brake, I. & Bachli, G., 2008, Systema Dipterorum in Catalog of Life 2011
Aphis fabae Species recognized by Favret C, 08-Feb-2013, AphidSF: Aphid Species File in Catalog of Life 2011
Daucus carota Species recognized by Kartesz J., Oct-2011, Umbellifers: World Umbellifer Database in Catalog of Life 2011
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