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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iberian IbexCapra pyrenaica Schinz, 1838 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| WaliaCapra walie Rüppell, 1835 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Roe DeerCapreolus pygargus (Pallas, 1771) | CervidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese SerowCapricornis crispus (Temminck, 1836) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indochinese SerowCapricornis maritimus Heude, 1888 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burmese Red SerowCapricornis rubidus Blyth, 1863 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran SerowCapricornis sumatraensis (Bechstein, 1799) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Formosan SerowCapricornis swinhoei Gray, 1862 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan SerowCapricornis thar (Hodgson, 1831) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jerdon's NightjarCaprimulgus atripennis Jerdon, 1845 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bonaparte's NightjarCaprimulgus concretus Bonaparte, 1850 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Donaldson-Smith's NightjarCaprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey NightjarCaprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sykes's NightjarCaprimulgus mahrattensis Sykes, 1832 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis A. Smith, 1845 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaena Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus Rüppell, 1840 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nechisar NightjarCaprimulgus solala Ash Safford, Telfer Duckworth & Zewdie, 1995 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma Rüppell, 1840 | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caprodon affinis Tanaka, 1924 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caprodon schlegelii (Günther, 1859) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Capromimus abbreviatus (Hector, 1875) | ZeniontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desmarest's HutiaCapromys pilorides (Say, 1822) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Capropygia unistriata (Kaup, 1855) | AracanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caquetaia kraussii (Steindachner, 1878) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caquetaia myersi (Schultz, 1944) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caquetaia spectabilis (Steindachner, 1875) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African Golden CatCaracal aurata (Temminck, 1827) | FelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| CaracalCaracal caracal (Schreber, 1776) | FelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caracanthus madagascariensis (Guichenot, 1869) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caracanthus typicus Krøyer, 1845 | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pygmy coral croucherCaracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831) | ScorpaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guadalupe CaracaraCaracara lutosa (Ridgway, 1876) | FalconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Caragobius urolepis (Bleeker, 1852) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caraibops trispinosus (Mochizuki & Sano, 1984) | SynagropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slantlip eelCaralophia loxochila Böhlke, 1955 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Carangichthys humerosus (McCulloch, 1915) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shadow trevallyCarangoides dinema Bleeker, 1851 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellow jackCaranx bartholomaei Cuvier, 1833 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific crevalle jackCaranx caninus Günther, 1867 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blacktip trevallyCaranx heberi (Bennett, 1830) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| giant trevallyCaranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| brassy trevallyCaranx papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| false scadCaranx rhonchus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817 | CarangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| tille trevallyCaranx tille Cuvier, 1833 | CarangidaeChordata | 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.