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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inimicus didactylus (Pallas, 1769) | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| two-stick stingfishInimicus filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829) | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Inimicus gruzovi Mandrytsa, 1991 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Inimicus sinensis (Valenciennes, 1833) | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Inimicus smirnovi Mandrytsa, 1990 | SynanceiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Inlecypris jayarami (Barman, 1985) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insentiraja laxipella (Yearsley & Last, 1992) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insentiraja subtilispinosa (Stehmann, 1989) | ArhynchobatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insidiator cooperi (Regan, 1908) | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insidiator macracanthus (Bleeker, 1869) | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insperanos nattereri (Steindachner, 1876) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insuetophrynus acarpicus Barrio, 1970 | RhinodermatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Negros SphenomorphusInsulasaurus arborens (Taylor, 1917) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insulasaurus traanorum (Linkem, Diesmos & Brown, 2010) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Insulasaurus victoria (Brown & Alcala, 1980) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wright's SphenomorphusInsulasaurus wrighti Taylor, 1925 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Interochromis loocki (Poll, 1949) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swazi Rock SnakeInyoka swazicus (Schaefer, 1970) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dusky PurpletuftIodopleura fusca (Vieillot, 1817) | TityridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed PurpletuftIodopleura isabellae Parzudaki, 1847 | TityridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-throated PurpletuftIodopleura pipra (R. P. Lesson, 1831) | TityridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iodotropheus declivitas Stauffer, 1994 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iodotropheus sprengerae Oliver & Loiselle, 1972 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iodotropheus stuartgranti Konings, 1990 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ioichthys kashkini Parin, 2004 | OpisthoproctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cachar BulbulIole cacharensis (Deignan, 1948) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulphur-bellied BulbulIole palawanensis (Tweeddale, 1878) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-eyed BulbulIole propinqua (Oustalet, 1903) | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javanese Flying SquirrelIomys horsfieldii (Waterhouse, 1838) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mentawai Flying SquirrelIomys sipora Chasen & Kloss, 1928 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iotichthys phlegethontis (Cope, 1874) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iphisa dorothy Mello, Recoder, Fouquet, Rodrigues & Nunes, 2023 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossy Shade LizardIphisa elegans Gray, 1851 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iphisa pellegrino Mello, Recoder, Fouquet, Rodrigues & Nunes, 2023 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glossy Shade LizardIphisa soinii Dixon, 1974 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ipnops meadi Nielsen, 1966 | IpnopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ipnops murrayi Günther, 1878 | IpnopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ipnops pristibrachium (Fowler, 1943) | IpnopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iracema caiana Triques, 1996 | RhamphichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| decoy scorpionfishIracundus signifer Jordan & Evermann, 1903 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis (Guerin-Meneville, 1843) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iranocichla hormuzensis Coad, 1982 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brandt's Persian lizardIranolacerta brandtii (de Filippi, 1863) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zagros Mountains LacertaIranolacerta zagrosica (Rastegar-Pouyani & Nilson, 1998) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828) | JacanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella (Latham, 1790) | IrenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean climbing mouseIrenomys tarsalis (Philippi, 1900) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iriatherina werneri Meinken, 1974 | MelanotaeniidaeChordata | 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.