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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Pacific crestfishLophotus capellei Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 | LophotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophotus guentheri Johnston, 1883 | LophotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crested oarfishLophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 | LophotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lophotus machadoi Miranda Ribeiro, 1927 | LophotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crested IbonLophozosterops dohertyi Hartert, 1896 | ZosteropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindanao IbonLophozosterops goodfellowi (Hartert, 1903) | ZosteropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streak-headed IbonLophozosterops squamiceps (Hartert, 1896) | ZosteropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siamese FirebackLophura diardi (Bonaparte, 1856) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Edward's PheasantLophura edwardsi (Oustalet, 1896) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crestless FirebackLophura erythrophthalma (Raffles, 1822) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean Crested FirebackLophura ignita (Shaw, 1798) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Salvadori's PheasantLophura inornata (Salvadori, 1879) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos (Latham, 1790) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swinhoe's PheasantLophura swinhoii (Gould, 1863) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-bellied Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Kivumys) luteogaster Hatt, 1934 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Rift Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Kivumys) medicaudatus Dieterlen, 1975 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woosnam's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Kivumys) woosnami Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) angolensis W. Verheyen, Dierckx & Hulselmans, 2000 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ansorge's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) ansorgei de Winton, 1896 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-colored Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) aquilus (True, 1892) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) brevicaudus Osgood, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Ethiopian Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) brunneus Thomas, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ethiopian Forest Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) chrysopus Osgood, 1936 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Oku Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) dieterleni W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dudu's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) dudui W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & E. Verheyen, 2002 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Lefo Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) eisentrauti Dieterlen, 1978 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hutterer's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) huttereri W. Verheyen, Colyn & Hulselmans, 1996 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-clawed Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) melanonyx F. Petter, 1972 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fire-bellied Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) nudicaudus Heller, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rahm's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) rahmi Verheyen, 1964 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Cameroon Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) roseveari W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Colyn & Hutterer, 1997 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rusty-bellied Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) sikapusi (Temminck, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Verhagen's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) verhageni W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx & E. Verheyen, 2002 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zena's Brush-furred RatLophuromys (Lophuromys) zena Dollman, 1909 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-footed Tree MouseLorentzimys nouhuysi Jentink, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Loricaria apeltogaster Boulenger, 1895 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria birindellii Thomas & Sabaj Pérez, 2010 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria catirina Serejo-Saraiva, Piorski, Ottoni, Sabaj Pérez & Lima, 2026 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria clavipinna Fowler, 1940 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria coximensis Rodriguez, Cavallaro & Thomas, 2012 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria cuffyi Londoño-Burbano, Urbano-Bonilla & Thomas, 2020 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria holmbergi Rodríguez & Miquelarena, 2005 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria lata Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria lentiginosa Isbrücker, 1979 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria luciae Thomas, Rodriguez, Carvallaro, Froehlich & Macedo Corrêa e Castro, 2013 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria lundbergi Thomas & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2008 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria nickeriensis Isbrücker, 1979 | LoricariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loricaria parnahybae Steindachner, 1907 | LoricariidaeChordata | 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.