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 |
|---|---|---|
| Starry Owlet-nightjarAegotheles tatei Rand, 1941 | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wallace's Owlet-NightjarAegotheles wallacii G. R. Gray, 1859 | AegothelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali SnakeAeluroglena cucullata Boulenger, 1898 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cat GeckoAeluroscalabotes felinus (Günther, 1864) | EublepharidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| speckled shrimpfishAeoliscus punctulatus (Bianconi, 1854) | CentriscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| razorfishAeoliscus strigatus (Günther, 1861) | CentriscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North American Hoary BatAeorestes cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South American Hoary BatAeorestes villosissimus (E. Geoffroy, 1806) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mérida AepeomysAepeomys lugens (Thomas, 1896) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reig's AepeomysAepeomys reigi Ochoa G., Aguilera, Pacheco & Soriano, 2001 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common ImpalaAepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wattled Brush-turkeyAepypodius arfakianus (Salvadori, 1877) | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brujin's Brush-turkeyAepypodius bruijnii (Oustalet, 1880) | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous BettongAepyprymnus rufescens (Gray, 1837) | PotoroidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aepysomanthias randalli (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1980) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens chimantanus Inger, 1956 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens diadema (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens epae Kullander, 1995 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens gerciliae Kullander, 1995 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens mauesanus Kullander, 1997 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens metae Eigenmann, 1922 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens michaeli Kullander, 1995 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens pallidus (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens paloemeuensis Kullander & Nijssen, 1989 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens patricki Kullander, 1984 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens plagiozonatus Kullander, 1984 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens potaroensis Eigenmann, 1912 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens rondoni (Miranda Ribeiro, 1918) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens tetramerus (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens tubicen Kullander & Ferreira, 1991 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aequidens viridis (Heckel, 1840) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Chinese Flying SquirrelAeretes melanopterus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ameline SwiftletAerodramus amelis (Oberholser, 1906) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mariana SwiftletAerodramus bartschi (Mearns, 1909) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris (Horsfield, 1840) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seram SwiftletAerodramus ceramensis (van Oort, 1911) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seychelles SwiftletAerodramus elaphrus (Oberholser, 1906) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mascarene SwiftletAerodramus francicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus (Thunberg, 1812) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain SwiftletAerodramus hirundinaceus (Stresemann, 1914) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Halmahera SwiftletAerodramus infuscatus (Salvadori, 1880) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Island SwiftletAerodramus inquietus (Kittlitz, 1858) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tahiti SwiftletAerodramus leucophaeus (Peale, 1849) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-nest SwiftletAerodramus maximus (Hume, 1878) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine SwiftletAerodramus mearnsi (Oberholser, 1912) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-legged SwiftletAerodramus nuditarsus (Salomonsen, 1962) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marquesan SwiftletAerodramus ocistus (Oberholser, 1906) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mayr's SwiftletAerodramus orientalis (Mayr, 1935) | ApodidaeChordata | 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.