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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaucosoma magnificum (Ogilby, 1915) | GlaucosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucosoma scapulare Ramsay, 1881 | GlaucosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucostegus cemiculus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Granulated guitarfishGlaucostegus granulatus (Cuvier, 1829) | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucostegus halavi (Forsskål, 1775) | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucostegus microphthalmus (Teng, 1959) | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucostegus obtusus (Müller & Henle, 1841) | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucostegus thouin (Anonymous [Lacepède], 1798) | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucostegus typus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glaucostegus younholeei Habib & Islam, 2001 | GlaucostegidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ghost WingfootGleba cordata Forsskål, 1776 | CymbuliidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glenoglossa wassi McCosker, 1982 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula botellus (W. H. Benson, 1860) | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula canarica R. H. Beddome, 1906 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula chessoni (W. H. Benson, 1860) | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula facula (W. H. Benson, 1860) | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula filosa W. T. Blanford, 1870 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula senator (Hanley, 1876) | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula subfilosa R. H. Beddome, 1906 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula subinornata R. H. Beddome, 1906 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula subperrotteti R. H. Beddome, 1906 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula tamakoshi Budha & Backeljau, 2017 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula tamulica (W. T. Blanford & H. F. Blanford, 1861) | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula tinnevellica Gude, 1914 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula tornensis W. T. Blanford, 1870 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula travancorica Gude, 1914 | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glessula vadalica (W. H. Benson, 1865) | AchatinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gleviceras glevense Buckman, 1918 | OxynoticeratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gleviceras lotharingius (Reynes, 1879) | OxynoticeratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gleviceras palomense (Erben, 1956) | OxynoticeratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gleviceras richei Rakus, 1994 | OxynoticeratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Gliactis crassa Gravier, 1918 | HormathiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops (Latham, 1801) | MeliphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bushy-tailed OpossumGlironia venusta Thomas, 1912 | DidelphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese DormouseGlirulus japonicus (Schinz, 1845) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fat DormouseGlis glis (Linnaeus, 1766) | GliridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese Thick-thumbed BatGlischropus bucephalus Csorba, 2011 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Thick-thumbed BatGlischropus javanus Chasen, 1939 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Thick-thumbed BatGlischropus tylopus (Dobson, 1875) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Globator ravni Brünnich Nielsen, 1926 | ConulidaeEchinodermata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala melas (Traill, 1809) | DelphinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glomericirrus zenionis Machida & Kamegai, 1997 | HemiuridaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gloripallium maculosum (Forsskål, 1775) | PectinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gloripallium speciosum (Reeve, 1853) | PectinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossamia abo (Herre, 1935) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossamia aprion (Richardson, 1842) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossamia beauforti (Weber, 1907) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossamia heurni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossamia narindica Roberts, 1978 | ApogonidaeChordata | 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.