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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adenomera marmorata Steindachner, 1867 | LeptodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Adenomera martinezi (Bokermann, 1956) | LeptodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Adenomera tapajonica Carvalho, Moraes, Lima, Fouquet, Peloso, Pavan, Drummond, Rodrigues, Giaretta, Gordo et al., 2021 | LeptodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Adenomera thomei (Almeida & Angulo, 2006) | LeptodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Adercosaurus vixadnexus Myers & Donnelly, 2001 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adhaerobufo ceratophrys (Boulenger, 1882) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Adhaerobufo nasicus (Werner, 1903) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-bellied Forest LizardAdolfus africanus (Boulenger, 1906) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alpine Meadow LizardAdolfus alleni (Barbour, 1914) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jackson’s Forest LizardAdolfus jacksoni (Boulenger, 1899) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western alpine meadow lizardAdolfus masavaensis Wagner, Greenbaum & Branch, 2014 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adontosternarchus balaenops (Cope, 1878) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adontosternarchus duartei de Santana & Vari, 2012 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adontosternarchus sachsi (Peters, 1877) | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adrianichthys kruyti Weber, 1913 | AdrianichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adrianichthys oophorus (Kottelat, 1990) | AdrianichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adrianichthys poptae (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922) | AdrianichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adrianichthys roseni Parenti & Soeroto, 2004 | AdrianichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adventor elongatus (Whitley, 1952) | AploactinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii (Lawrence, 1858) | PodicipedidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence, 1858) | PodicipedidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galapagos OryzomysAegialomys galapagoensis (Waterhouse, 1839) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellowish OryzomysAegialomys xanthaeolus (Thomas, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aegithalos bonvaloti (Oustalet, 1892) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed BushtitAegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus (Gould, 1855) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty BushtitAegithalos fuliginosus (J. Verreaux, 1869) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aegithalos glaucogularis (Moore, 1855) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-fronted BushtitAegithalos iouschistos (Blyth, 1845) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-cheeked BushtitAegithalos leucogenys (Moore, 1854) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated BushtitAegithalos niveogularis (Gould, 1855) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aegithalos sharpei (Rippon, 1904) | AegithalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great IoraAegithina lafresnayei (Hartlaub, 1844) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marshall's IoraAegithina nigrolutea (G. F. L. Marshall, 1876) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common IoraAegithina tiphia (Linnaeus, 1758) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green IoraAegithina viridissima (Bonaparte, 1850) | AegithinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Boreal OwlAegolius funereus (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bermuda Saw-whet OwlAegolius gradyi Olson, 2012 | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisii (Cassin, 1849) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayi (Alfaro, 1905) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vogelkop Owlet-nightjarAegotheles affinis Salvadori, 1876 | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Owlet-NightjarAegotheles albertisi P. L. Sclater, 1874 | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred Owlet-NightjarAegotheles bennettii Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875 | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian Owlet-NightjarAegotheles cristatus (Shaw, 1790) | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Feline Owlet-nightjarAegotheles insignis Salvadori, 1876 | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enigmatic Owlet-NightjarAegotheles savesi E. L. Layard & E. L. C. Layard, 1881 | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.