Species (biology)/Catalogs

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An informational catalog, or several catalogs, about Species (biology).

The below table gives an overview of the number of species that have currently been documented, as compiled by the IUCN [1]. In total 1,562,663 species have been described.

VertebratesNo.InvertebratesNo.PlantsNo.OthersNo.
Mammals5,416Insects950,000Mosses15,000Lichens10,000
Birds9,934Molluscs70,000Ferns and allies13,025Mushrooms16,000
Reptiles8,240Crustaceans40,000Gymnosperms980
Amphibians5,918Others130,200Dycotyledons199,350
Fishes29,300 Monocotyledons59,300
Subtotal58,808Subtotal1,190,200Subtotal287,655Subtotal26,000