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 |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus magellanicus (Philippi, 1866) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus montanus (Philippi & Landbeck, 1861) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tropical Big-eared Brown BatHistiotus velatus (I. Geoffroy, 1824) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Histoctopus discus M. Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg, 2009 | OctopodidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| SargassumfishHistrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) | AntennariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ribbon SealHistriophoca fasciata (Zimmermann, 1783) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficauda Reichenow, 1887 | PasseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hitia ovalis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 | BivalviaMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hochuliites retrocostatus Brühwiler & Bucher, 2012 | InyoitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-bellied RedstartHodgsonius phoenicuroides (J. E. Gray & G. R. Gray, 1847) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allen's WoodratHodomys alleni (Merriam, 1892) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hoeninghausia pons Glenister, 1958 | KoenenitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hoeninghausia uchtensis (Ljaschenko, 1956) | KoenenitidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hoepenites antecursor (Van Hoepen, 1921) | PachydiscidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Hohenwartiana aradasiana (Benoit, 1862) | FerussaciidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hohenwartiana disparata (Westerlund, 1892) | FerussaciidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hojeda vanattai (H. B. Baker, 1924) | SagdidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hokianga nodulata Laws, 1947 | RaphitomidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bermuda angelfishHolacanthus bermudensis Goode, 1876 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| queen angelfishHolacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clarion angelfishHolacanthus clarionensis Gilbert, 1890 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holacanthus limbaughi Baldwin, 1963 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| king angelfishHolacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rock beautyHolacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holandriana frici (Brusina, 1897) | AmphimelaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holandriana gaji (Brusina, 1878) | AmphimelaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holandriana holandrii (C. Pfeiffer, 1828) | AmphimelaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holandriana krambergeri (Brusina, 1902) | AmphimelaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holandriana pecchiolii (M. Hörnes, 1856) | AmphimelaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holandriana ricinus (Neumayr, 1875) | AmphimelaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holandriana serbica (Živković, 1893) | AmphimelaniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holanthias caudalis Trunov, 1976 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holanthias fronticinctus (Günther, 1868) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holapogon maximus (Boulenger, 1888) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sawtail LizardHolaspis guentheri Gray, 1863 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern serrate-toed tree lizardHolaspis laevis Werner, 1896 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Speckled Earless LizardHolbrookia approximans Baird, 1859 | PhrynosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elegant Earless LizardHolbrookia elegans Bocourt, 1874 | PhrynosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Spot-tailed Earless LizardHolbrookia lacerata Cope, 1880 | PhrynosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser Earless LizardHolbrookia maculata Girard, 1851 | PhrynosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Keeled Earless LizardHolbrookia propinqua Baird & Girard, 1852 | PhrynosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holcodiscoides gorrilli Anderson, 1958 | KossmaticeratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holcodiscus caillaudianus (d'Orbigny, 1850) | HolcodiscidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holcodiscus camelinus (d'Orbigny, 1850) | HolcodiscidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holcodiscus hauthali Paulcke, 1907 | HolcodiscidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holcolytoceras raui Wiedmann, 1970 | LytoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Holcomycteronus aequatoris (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913) | OphidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906) | OphidiidaeChordata | 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.