THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bibarba bibarba Chen & Chen, 2007 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bibarba wenliuensis Yang, Chen & Li, 2020 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaco Crimson-nosed RatBibimys chacoensis (Shamel, 1931) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bidenichthys beeblebroxi Paulin, 1995 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bidenichthys capensis Barnard, 1934 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bidenichthys slartibartfasti (Paulin, 1995) | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bidenichthys struthersi Schwarzhans, 2019 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bidyanus welchi (McCulloch & Waite, 1917) | TerapontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bifax lacinia Greenfield, Mee & Randall, 1994 | BatrachoididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bihunichthys monopteroides Kottelat & Lim, 1994 | ChaudhuriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bilabria gigantea Anderson & Imamura, 2008 | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Painted eelpoutBilabria ornata (Soldatov, 1922) | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Biotodoma wavrini (Gosse, 1963) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Biotoecus dicentrarchus Kullander, 1989 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Biotoecus opercularis (Steindachner, 1875) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Four-toed Worm LizardBipes canaliculatus Latreille, 1801 | BipedidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Three-toed Worm LizardBipes tridactylus (Dugès, 1894) | BipedidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain AdderBitis atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gaboon AdderBitis gabonica (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bale Mountains adderBitis harenna Gower, Wade, Spawls, Böhme, Buechley, Sykes & Colston, 2016 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angolan adder; Bocage's Horned Adder (after FRANK & RAMUS 1995).Bitis heraldica (Bocage, 1889) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hornless AdderBitis inornata (Smith, 1838) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinoceros ViperBitis nasicornis (Shaw & Nodder, 1792) | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bale Mountains adderBitis parviocula Böhme, 1977 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kenya Horned ViperBitis worthingtoni Parker, 1932 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desert Mountain AdderBitis xeropaga Haacke, 1975 | ViperidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bivibranchia fowleri (Steindachner, 1908) | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bivibranchia notata Vari & Goulding, 1985 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bivibranchia simulata Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Biwia tama Oshima, 1957 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Biwia yodoensis Kawase & Hosoya, 2010 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blachea semeniformis Schwarzhans, 2019 | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Blachea xenobranchialis Karrer & Smith, 1980 | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blaesodactylus ambonihazo Bauer, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blaesodactylus antongilensis (Böhme & Meier, 1980) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blaesodactylus boivini (Duméril, 1856) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blaesodactylus sakalava (Grandidier, 1867) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Victor’s Madagascar Velvet geckoBlaesodactylus victori Ineich, Glaw & Vences, 2016 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blanus aporus Werner, 1898 | BlanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Iberian Worm LizardBlanus oxyurus Wagler, 1824 | BlanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turkish Worm LizardBlanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) | BlanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Everglades Short-tailed ShrewBlarina peninsulae Merriam, 1895 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sherman's Short-tailed ShrewBlarina shermani Hamilton, 1955 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asiatic Short-tailed ShrewBlarinella quadraticauda (A. Milne-Edwards, 1872) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blarinine AkodontBlarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1887) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marsh DeerBlastocerus dichotomus (Illiger, 1815) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus (Hartlaub, 1854) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-tailed BristlebillBleda eximius (Hartlaub, 1855) | PycnonotidaeChordata | 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.