A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Abalistes filamentosus Matsuura & Yoshino, 2004 | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) | BalistidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abantennarius bermudensis (Schultz, 1957) | AntennariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abantennarius duescus (Snyder, 1904) | AntennariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abantennarius rosaceus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | AntennariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abbottina binhi Nguyen, 2001 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abbottina lalinensis Huang & Li, 1995 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Luzon Broad-toothed RatAbditomys latidens (Sanborn, 1952) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| redskinfishAblabys binotatus (Peters, 1855) | TetrarogidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ablabys gymnothorax Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2018 | TetrarogidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier, 1829) | TetrarogidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| flat needlefishAblennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) | BelonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alai ground skinkAblepharus alaicus Elpatjevsky, 1901 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ablepharus anatolicus Schmidtler, 1997 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Twin-striped SkinkAblepharus bivittatus (Menetries, 1832) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Budak’s Snake-eyed SkinkAblepharus budaki Göcmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eremchenko’s skinkAblepharus eremchenkoi (Panfilov, 1999) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minor Snake-eyed SkinkAblepharus grayanus (Stoliczka, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himalaya Ground SkinkAblepharus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lindberg’s Snake-Eyed SkinkAblepharus lindbergi Wettstein, 1960 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mahabharat ground skinkAblepharus mahabharatus (Eremchenko, Shah & Panfilov, 1998) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bronzy-brown SkinkAblepharus sikimmensis (Blyth, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuolin ground skinkAblepharus tuolinensis Guo, Wang, Tan, WU & Che, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aborichthys barapensis Nanda & Tamang, 2021 | NemacheilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aborichthys cataracta Arunachalam, Raja, Malaiammal & Mayden, 2014 | NemacheilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aborichthys elongatus Hora, 1921 | NemacheilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aborichthys garoensis Hora, 1925 | NemacheilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aborichthys verticauda Arunachalam, Raja, Malaiammal & Mayden, 2014 | NemacheilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bronze breamAbramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abramites hypselonotus (Günther, 1868) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abrawayaomys chebezi Pardiñas, Teta & D'Elía, 2009 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bennett's Chinchilla RatAbrocoma bennettii Waterhouse, 1837 | AbrocomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy Chinchilla RatAbrocoma cinerea Thomas, 1919 | AbrocomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mendozan Chinchilla RatAbrocoma vaccarum Thomas, 1921 | AbrocomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anzuetoi Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia anzuetoi Campbell & Frost, 1993 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia aurita (Cope, 1869) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bogert's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia bogerti Tihen, 1954 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiszar's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia chiszari Smith & Smith, 1981 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abronia fimbriata (Cope, 1885) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Frost’s Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia frosti Campbell, Sasa, Acevedo & Mendelson, 1998 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mount Zempoaltepec Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia fuscolabialis (Tihen, 1944) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gadow's Alligator LizardAbronia gadovii (Boulenger, 1913) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sierra de Tehuacan Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia graminea (Cope, 1864) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flat-scaled Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia leurolepis Campbell & Frost, 1993 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-lipped Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia lythrochila Smith & Alvarez Del Toro, 1963 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Martín del Campo’s Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia martindelcampoi Flores-Villela & Sánchez-H., 2003 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Matuda's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia matudai (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mitchell's Arboreal Alligator LizardAbronia mitchelli Campbell, 1982 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Morelet's Alligator LizardAbronia moreletii (Bocourt, 1872) | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.