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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lava HeronButorides sundevalli (Reichenow, 1877) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis (Cabanis & Reichenow, 1877) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator (Cassin, 1850) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus (P. L. Sclater, 1871) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bythaelurus bachi Weigmann, Ebert, Clerkin, Stehmann & Naylor, 2016 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bythaelurus canescens (Günther, 1878) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bythaelurus clevai (Séret, 1987) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bythaelurus dawsoni (Springer, 1971) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bythaelurus immaculatus (Chu & Meng, 1982) | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bythaelurus stewarti Weigmann, Kaschner & Thiel, 2018 | ScyliorhinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bythites gerdae Nielsen & Cohen, 1973 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caaeteboia gaeli Montingelli, Barbo, Pereira-Filho, Santana, Rodrigues-França, Grazziotin & Zaher, 2020 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| New Caledonian RailCabalus lafresnayanus (J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Naked-tailed ArmadilloCabassous unicinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ChlamyphoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cabillus caudimacula Greenfield & Randall, 2004 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cabillus lacertops Smith, 1959 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cabillus nigrostigmus Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2013 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cabillus tongarevae (Fowler, 1927) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kanamari Bald UakariCacajao amuna Silva, Amaral, Roos, Bowler, Röhe, Sampaio, Bertuol, Santana, Silva Júnior, Rylands et al., 2022 | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aracá UakariCacajao ayresi Boubli, Silva, Amado, Hrbek, Pontual & Farias, 2008 | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red Bald UakariCacajao rubicundus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Deville, 1848) | PitheciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White CockatooCacatua alba (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | CacatuidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-eyed CockatooCacatua ophthalmica P. L. Sclater, 1864 | CacatuidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western CorellaCacatua pastinator (Gould, 1841) | CacatuidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little CorellaCacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843 | CacatuidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Campeche Spiny-tailed IguanaCachryx alfredschmidti (Köhler, 1995) | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yucatán Spinytail IguanaCachryx defensor Cope, 1866 | IguanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela (Linnaeus, 1758) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterus (Vigors, 1825) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-tailed CaciqueCacicus latirostris Swainson, 1838 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Solitary CaciqueCacicus solitarius Vieillot, 1816 | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Brush CuckooCacomantis virescens (Brüggemann, 1876) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacophis churchilli Wells & Wellington, 1985 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-crowned SnakeCacophis harriettae Krefft, 1869 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dwarf Crowned SnakeCacophis krefftii Günther, 1863 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden Crowned SnakeCacophis squamulosus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cacosternum aggestum Channing, Schmitz, Burger & Kielgast, 2013 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum boettgeri (Boulenger, 1882) | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum capense Hewitt, 1925 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum cederbergense Angus, Telford, Ping & Conradie, 2024 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum karooicum Boycott, de Villiers & Scott, 2002 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum leleupi Laurent, 1950 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum nanogularum Channing, Schmitz, Burger & Kielgast, 2013 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum platys Rose, 1950 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cacosternum striatum FitzSimons, 1947 | PyxicephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cuban Spotted WormlizardCadea blanoides (Stejneger, 1916) | CadeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cuban Sharp-nosed WormlizardCadea palirostrata Dickerson, 1916 | CadeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caecieleotris morrisi Walsh & Chakrabarty, 2016 | EleotridaeChordata | 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.