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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orces's Long-tongued BatLonchophylla orcesi Albuja & Gardner, 2005 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Cordilleran Nectar BatLonchophylla orienticollina Dávalos & Corthals, 2008 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peracchi's Nectar BatLonchophylla peracchii Dias, Esbérard & Moratelli, 2013 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange Nectar BatLonchophylla robusta Miller, 1912 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lonchopisthus ancistrus Smith-Vaniz & Walsh, 2017 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lonchopisthus lemur (Myers, 1935) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| swordtail jawfishLonchopisthus micrognathus (Poey, 1860) | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longtail jawfishLonchopisthus sinuscalifornicus Castro-Aguirre & Villavicencio-Garayzar, 1988 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Sword-nosed BatLonchorhina aurita Tomes, 1863 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fernandez's Sword-nosed BatLonchorhina fernandezi Ochoa & Ibáñez, 1982 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Uncommon Sword-nosed BatLonchorhina inusitata Handley & Ochoa, 1997 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chiribiquete Sword-nosed BatLonchorhina mankomara Mantilla-Meluk & Montenegro, 2016 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marinkelle's Sword-nosed BatLonchorhina marinkellei Hernández-Camacho & Cadena-G., 1978 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orinoco Sword-nosed BatLonchorhina orinocensis Linares & Ojasti, 1971 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tuft-tailed Spiny Tree RatLonchothrix emiliae Thomas, 1920 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-headed MuniaLonchura caniceps (Salvadori, 1876) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-breasted MuniaLonchura castaneothorax (Gould, 1837) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magpie MannikinLonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky MuniaLonchura fuscans (Cassin, 1852) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great-billed MuniaLonchura grandis (Sharpe, 1882) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaarti (Jerdon, 1863) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra (Blyth, 1846) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan MuniaLonchura leucogastroides (Moore, 1858) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-spotted MuniaLonchura leucosticta (Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty MuniaLonchura melaena (P. L. Sclater, 1880) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-faced MuniaLonchura molucca (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Alpine MuniaLonchura montana Junge, 1939 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Alpine MuniaLonchura monticola (De Vis, 1897) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-crowned MuniaLonchura nevermanni Stresemann, 1934 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-backed MannikinLonchura nigriceps (Cassin, 1852) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Java SparrowLonchura oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-headed MuniaLonchura pallida (Wallace, 1864) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nutmeg MannikinLonchura punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Five-colored MuniaLonchura quinticolor (Vieillot, 1807) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hooded MuniaLonchura spectabilis (P. L. Sclater, 1879) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black MuniaLonchura stygia Stresemann, 1934 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-breasted MuniaLonchura teerinki Rand, 1940 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streak-headed MuniaLonchura tristissima (Wallace, 1865) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-banded MuniaLonchura vana (Hartert, 1930) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lonchurus elegans (Boeseman, 1948) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lonchurus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1788) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longanalus macrochirous Li, Ran & Chen, 2006 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longiculter siahi Fowler, 1937 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common OtterLontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marine OtterLontra felina (Molina, 1782) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian River OtterLontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large River OtterLontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | 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.