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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bunocephalus aleuropsis Cope, 1870 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bunocephalus chamaizelus Eigenmann, 1912 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bunocephalus colombianus Eigenmann, 1912 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bunocephalus knerii Steindachner, 1882 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bunocephalus larai Ihering, 1930 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Riverine RabbitBunolagus monticularis (Thomas, 1903) | LeporidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lampobatang BunomysBunomys coelestis (Thomas, 1896) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northeastern Peninsula BunomysBunomys fratrorum (Thomas, 1896) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bunomys karokophilus Musser, 2014 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane BunomysBunomys penitus (Miller & Hollister, 1921) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bunomys torajae Musser, Achmadi, Esslestyn & Rowe in Musser, 2014 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-tailed tuberculated geckoBunopus crassicauda Nikolsky, 1907 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian desert geckoBunopus tuberculatus Blanford, 1874 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus Linnaeus, 1766 | BuphagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Double-striped Thick-kneeBurhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) | BurhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bush Stone-curlewBurhinus grallarius (Latham, 1801) | BurhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Stone-curlewBurhinus indicus (Salvadori, 1866) | BurhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758) | BurhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) | BurhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Pygmy PossumBurramys parvus Broom, 1896 | BurramyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis (Latham, 1790) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-winged BuzzardButastur liventer (Temminck, 1827) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis (Sundevall, 1850) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated HawkButeo albigula Philippi, 1899 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus Kaup, 1847 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Augur BuzzardButeo augur (Rüppell, 1836) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis Salvadori, 1866 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common BuzzardButeo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galapagos HawkButeo galapagoensis (Gould, 1837) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectus Portenko, 1935 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis (G. R. Gray, 1844) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Socotra BuzzardButeo socotraensis Porter & Kirwan, 2010 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hawaiian HawkButeo solitarius Peale, 1849 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus Rudebeck, 1957 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus (Deppe, 1830) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chaco EagleButeogallus coronatus (Vieillot, 1817) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cuban Black HawkButeogallus gundlachii (Cabanis, 1855) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-necked HawkButeogallus lacernulatus (Temminck, 1827) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Solitary EagleButeogallus solitarius (Tschudi, 1844) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hooded Mountain TanagerButhraupis montana (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Butis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853) | ButidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Butis bargabhimae Maiti, Mandal, Das, Pahari & Bhattacharya, 2026 | ButidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| duckbill sleeperButis butis (Hamilton, 1822) | ButidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Butis prismatica (Bleeker, 1849) | ButidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striated HeronButorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) | ArdeidaeChordata | 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.