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 |
|---|---|---|
| Principal GerbilGerbillus (Hendecapleura) principulus (Thomas & Hinton, 1923) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least GerbilGerbillus (Hendecapleura) pusillus Peters, 1878 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sand GerbilGerbillus (Hendecapleura) syrticus Misonne, 1974 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vivacious GerbilGerbillus (Hendecapleura) vivax (Thomas, 1902) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Waters's GerbilGerbillus (Hendecapleura) watersi de Winton, 1901 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burton's GerbilGerbillus burtoni F. Cuvier, 1838 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mauritanian GerbilGerbillus mauritaniae (Heim de Balsac, 1943) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gerdiella cingulata Olsson & Bayer, 1973 | CancellariidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerdiella corbicula (Dall, 1908) | CancellariidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerdiella gerda Olsson & Bayer, 1973 | CancellariidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerdiella santa Olsson & Bayer, 1973 | CancellariidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerlachea australis Dollo, 1900 | BathydraconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Geromura teckliformis Thuy, 2013 | OphiacanthidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gerongia rifkinae Gershwin & Alderslade, 2005 | CarukiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus (Boddaert, 1783) | ThreskiornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758) | ThreskiornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gerres akazakii Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres baconensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres chrysops Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 1999 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowfin mojarraGerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres decacanthus (Bleeker, 1864) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres equulus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres erythrourus (Bloch, 1791) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whipfin silver-biddyGerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres infasciatus Iwatsuki & Kimura, 1998 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres japonicus Bleeker, 1854 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres limbatus Cuvier, 1830 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres macracanthus Bleeker, 1854 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres maldivensis Regan, 1902 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres methueni Regan, 1920 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres microphthalmus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2002 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres mozambiquensis Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2007 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres nigri Günther, 1859 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender silver-biddyGerres oblongus Cuvier, 1830 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| common silver-biddyGerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra, 2001 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres ryukyuensis Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres septemfasciatus Liu & Yan, 2009 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres setifer (Hamilton, 1822) | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres shima Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2007 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres silaceus Iwatsuki, Kimura & Yoshino, 2001 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres simillimus Regan, 1907 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830 | GerreidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerrhonotus farri Bryson & Graham, 2010 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Texas Alligator LizardGerrhonotus infernalis Baird, 1859 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Texas Alligator LizardGerrhonotus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerrhonotus mccoyi García-Vázquez, Contreras-Arquieta, Trujano-Ortega & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2018 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gerrhonotus occidentalis Nieto-Montes de Oca, Wiens & García-Vázquez, 2025 | AnguidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Snake LizardGerrhonotus ophiurus Cope, 1867 | 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.