Species (biology)/Catalogs
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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.
| Vertebrates | No. | Invertebrates | No. | Plants | No. | Others | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mammals | 5,416 | Insects | 950,000 | Mosses | 15,000 | Lichens | 10,000 |
| Birds | 9,934 | Molluscs | 70,000 | Ferns and allies | 13,025 | Mushrooms | 16,000 |
| Reptiles | 8,240 | Crustaceans | 40,000 | Gymnosperms | 980 | ||
| Amphibians | 5,918 | Others | 130,200 | Dycotyledons | 199,350 | ||
| Fishes | 29,300 | Monocotyledons | 59,300 | ||||
| Subtotal | 58,808 | Subtotal | 1,190,200 | Subtotal | 287,655 | Subtotal | 26,000 |