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 |
|---|---|---|
| Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach Linnaeus, 1758 | LaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator Linnaeus, 1758 | LaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali FiscalLanius somalicus Hartlaub, 1859 | LaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Souza's ShrikeLanius souzae Barboza du Bocage, 1878 | LaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus Cabanis, 1873 | LaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus Drapiez, 1828 | LaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostris Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 | LaniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lankanectes corrugatus (Peters, 1863) | NyctibatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lankanectes pera Senevirathne, Samarawickrama, Wijayathilaka, Manamendra-Arachchi, Bowatte et al., 2018 | NyctibatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Deignan Tree SkinkLankascincus deignani (Taylor, 1950) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lankascincus dorsicatenatus (Deraniyagala, 1953) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peters' Tree SkinkLankascincus fallax (Peters, 1860) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gans' Tree SkinkLankascincus gansi Greer, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Merrill‟s Lanka-skinkLankascincus merrill Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe, 2020 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sripada forest skinkLankascincus sripadensis Mendis Wickramasinghe, Rodrigo, Dayawansa & Jayantha, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ceylon Tree SkinkLankascincus taprobanensis (Kelaart, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taylor's Tree SkinkLankascincus taylori Greer, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Borneo Earless MonitorLanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1878 | LanthanotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lanzarana largeni (Lanza, 1978) | PtychadenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laocypris hispida Kottelat, 2000 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laotian Rock RatLaonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 | DiatomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laotriton laoensis (Stuart & Papenfuss, 2002) | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lapitaichthys frickei Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007 | DinematichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lappanella fasciata (Cocco, 1833) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lappanella guineensis Bauchot, 1969 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| large yellow croakerLarimichthys crocea (Richardson, 1846) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow croakerLarimichthys polyactis (Bleeker, 1877) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver drumLarimus argenteus (Gill, 1863) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Larimus breviceps Cuvier, 1830 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Four-striped Ground SquirrelLariscus hosei (Thomas, 1892) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Niobe Ground SquirrelLariscus niobe (Thomas, 1898) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Inca TernLarosterna inca (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Larsonella pumilus (Larson & Hoese, 1980) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| European Herring GullLarus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Armenian GullLarus armenicus Buturlin, 1934 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olrog's GullLarus atlanticus Olrog, 1958 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-tailed GullLarus belcheri Vigors, 1829 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caspian GullLarus cachinnans Pallas, 1811 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| California GullLarus californicus Lawrence, 1854 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common GullLarus canus Linnaeus, 1758 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ord, 1815 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kelp GullLarus dominicanus M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens J. F. Naumann, 1840 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iceland GullLarus glaucoides B. Meyer, 1822 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heermann's GullLarus heermanni Cassin, 1852 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-footed GullLarus livens Dwight, 1919 | LaridaeChordata | 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.