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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumban Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros sumbae Oei, 1960 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maghreb Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros tephrus Cabrera, 1906 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Leaf-nosed BatHipposideros turpis Bangs, 1901 | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Roan AntelopeHippotragus equinus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| BlaaubokHippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Sable AntelopeHippotragus niger (Harris, 1838) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hippuritella sharwaynensis J. M. Pons, Reali & Sartorio, 1996 | HippuritidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hippuritella sulcatissima (Douvillé, 1892) | HippuritidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| highbrow rockskipperHirculops cornifer (Rüppell, 1830) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtella carinata Pereira, Zanata, Cetra & Reis, 2014 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirthia globosa Ancey, 1898 | PaludomidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara, 1959) | MuricidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtomurex guoi K.-Y. Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016 | MuricidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971) | MuricidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985 | MuricidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtomurex oyamai Kosuge, 1985 | MuricidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930) | MuricidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirtotyphis aoteanus (Vella, 1961) | MuricidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus (Latham, 1801) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple NeedletailHirundapus celebensis (P. L. Sclater, 1866) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver-backed NeedletailHirundapus cochinchinensis (Oustalet, 1878) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| fourwing flyingfishHirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirundichthys coromandelensis (Hornell, 1923) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirundichthys ilma (Clarke, 1899) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirundichthys indicus Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013 | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bladewing flyingfishHirundichthys marginatus (Nichols & Breder, 1928) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackwing flyingfishHirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirundichthys socotranus (Steindachner, 1902) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mirrorwing flying-fishHirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hirundichthys volador (Jordan, 1884) | ExocoetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferruginea (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis Strickland, 1849 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea Sundevall, 1850 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata Sundevall, 1850 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hill SwallowHirundo domicola Jerdon, 1841 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica Sparrman, 1789 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma Swainson, 1837 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida Hartlaub, 1858 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed SwallowHirundo megaensis Benson, 1942 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita G. R. Gray, 1845 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-and-rufous SwallowHirundo nigrorufa Barboza du Bocage, 1877 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific SwallowHirundo tahitica J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hisnitites janmulleri Tozer, 1994 | TrachyceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hisonotus aky (Azpelicueta, Casciotta, Almirón & Koerber, 2004) | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hisonotus armatus Carvalho, Lehmann A., Pereira & Reis, 2008 | LoricariidaeChordata | 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.