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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colombian Mountain GrackleMacroagelaius subalaris (Boissonneau, 1840) | IcteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chanard’s Reed SnakeMacrocalamus chanardi David & Pauwels, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Genting Highlands Reed SnakeMacrocalamus gentingensis Yaakob & Lim, 2002 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jason's (Mountain) Reed SnakeMacrocalamus jasoni Grandison, 1972 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malayan Mountain Reed SnakeMacrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrocalamus schulzi Vogel & David, 1999 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tweedie's Mountain Reed SnakeMacrocalamus tweediei Lim, 1963 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vogels’ Reed SnakeMacrocalamus vogeli David & Pauwels, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| MaleoMacrocephalon maleo S. Müller, 1846 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler, 1934 | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrocephenchelys brevirostris (Chen & Weng, 1967) | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrocephenchelys soela Castle, 1990 | CongridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Suwannee Alligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys suwanniensis Thomas, Granatosky, Bourque, Krysko, Moler, Gamble, Suarez, Leone & Roman, 2014 | ChelydridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys temminckii (Troost, 1835) | ChelydridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrochirichthys macrochirus (Valenciennes, 1844) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Australian False Vampire BatMacroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880) | MegadermatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrodon atricauda (Günther, 1880) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrodon mordax (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| largetooth gobyMacrodontogobius wilburi Herre, 1936 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sulawesi Palm CivetMacrogalidia musschenbroekii (Schlegel, 1877) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macrogenioglottus alipioi Carvalho, 1946 | OdontophrynidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit BatMacroglossus minimus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Long-nosed Fruit BatMacroglossus sobrinus K. Andersen, 1911 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus aureus Britz, 2010 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus caudiocellatus (Boulenger, 1893) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus dorsiocellatus Britz, 2010 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus fasciatus Plamoottil & Abraham, 2014 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus guentheri (Day, 1865) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus keithi (Herre, 1940) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus kris Ng & Tan, 2020 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier, 1832) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus obscurus Britz, 2010 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus orthosemos Britz & Kottelat, 2020 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton, 1822 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus pavo Britz, 2010 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus pentophthalmos (Gronow, 1854) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus semiocellatus Roberts, 1986 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus taeniagaster (Fowler, 1935) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus tapirus Kottelat & Widjanarti, 2005 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macrognathus zebrinus (Blyth, 1858) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli Mathews, 1912 | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fluffy-backed Tit-BabblerMacronus ptilosus Jardine & Selby, 1835 | TimaliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown Tit-BabblerMacronus striaticeps Sharpe, 1877 | TimaliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Commerson's Leaf-nosed BatMacronycteris commersonii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813) | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Leaf-nosed BatMacronycteris gigas (Wagner, 1845) | HipposideridaeChordata | 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.