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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herzensteinia microcephalus (Herzenstein, 1891) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperaptyxis ambustus (A. A. Gould, 1853) | FasciolariidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperaptyxis luteopictus (Dall, 1877) | FasciolariidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperaptyxis meridionalis P. Callomon & M. A. Snyder, 2017 | FasciolariidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hooded GrosbeakHesperiphona abeillei (Lesson, 1839) | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina (W. Cooper, 1825) | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987) | PisaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperisternia karinae (Nowell-Usticke, 1959) | PisaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperisternia shaskyi (S. S. Berry, 1959) | PisaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperisternia sulzyckii Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014 | PisaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperisternia vibex (Broderip, 1833) | PisaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reticulated Velvet GeckoHesperoedura reticulata (Bustard, 1969) | DiplodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesperoleucus symmetricus (Baird & Girard, 1854) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doria's False SerotineHesperoptenus (Hesperoptenus) doriae (Peters, 1868) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blanford's BatHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi (Dobson, 1877) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gaskell's False SerotineHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) gaskelli Hill, 1983 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tickell's BatHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli (Blyth, 1851) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large False SerotineHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tomesi Thomas, 1905 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hessemilimax kotulae (Westerlund, 1883) | VitrinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hesseola pratensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) | HygromiidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| HuiaHeteralocha acutirostris (Gould, 1837) | CallaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| prickly jingleHeteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnomiidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris apora (Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris aurantiaca Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2019 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris bipunctata Tortonese, 1976 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris caminata (Smith, 1958) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris diademata (Rüppell, 1830) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris dorsovittata Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2014 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris eugenius (Jordan & Everymann) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris exilis Shibukawa, 2010 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris georgegilli Gill, 1998 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris kenyae Smith, 1958 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris margaretae Hoese, 1986 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris nebulofasciata (Smith, 1958) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris poecila (Fowler, 1946) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris psammophila Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2014 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris semisquamata Kovačić & Bogorodsky, 2019 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris tentaculata (Smith, 1958) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris vinsoni Hoese, 1986 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris vulgaris (Klunzinger, 1871) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hetereleotris zanzibarensis (Smith, 1958) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| gogglesHetereleotris zonata (Fowler, 1934) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded stargazerHeteristius cinctus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) | DactyloscopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Heterixalus alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1882) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heterixalus andrakata Glaw & Vences, 1991 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heterixalus betsileo (Grandidier, 1872) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heterixalus boettgeri (Mocquard, 1902) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heterixalus carbonei Vences, Glaw, Jesu & Schimmenti, 2000 | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heterixalus luteostriatus (Andersson, 1910) | HyperoliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heterixalus madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | HyperoliidaeChordata | 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.