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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saõ Tomé Leaf-nosed BatMacronycteris thomensis (Bocage, 1891) | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striped Leaf-nosed BatMacronycteris vittatus (Peters, 1852) | HipposideridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae Tarragon, 1845 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus (Vieillot, 1816) | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollis Rüppell, 1840 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fülleborn's LongclawMacronyx fuelleborni Reichenow, 1900 | MotacillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macroparalepis affinis Ege, 1933 | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroparalepis brevis Ege, 1933 | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroparalepis danae Ege, 1933 | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroparalepis johnfitchi (Rofen, 1960) | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroparalepis longilateralis Post, 1973 | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroparalepis macrogeneion Post, 1973 | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroparalepis nigra (Maul, 1965) | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| vermiculate wrasseMacropharyngodon bipartitus Smith, 1957 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon choati Randall, 1978 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus Randall, 1978 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall, 1978 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon marisrubri Randall, 1978 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & Meyer, 1978 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon ornatus Randall, 1978 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, Williams & Planes, 2014 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropharyngodon vivienae Randall, 1978 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker's PholiodobolusMacropholidus annectens Parker, 1930 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropholidus huancabambae (Reeder, 1996) | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ruthven's MacropholidusMacropholidus ruthveni Noble, 1921 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long-legged BatMacrophyllum macrophyllum (Schinz, 1821) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macropodus baviensis Nguyen & Nguyen, 2005 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus erythropterus Freyhof & Herder, 2002 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus hongkongensis Freyhof & Herder, 2002 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus lineatus Nguyen, Ngo & Nguyen, 2005 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus ocellatus Cantor, 1842 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus oligolepis Nguyen, Ngo & Nguyen, 2005 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758) | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus phongnhaensis Ngô, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2005 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropodus spechti Schreitmüller, 1936 | OsphronemidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroprotodon abubakeri Wade, 2001 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iberian False Smooth SnakeMacroprotodon brevis (Günther, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| False Smooth SnakeMacroprotodon cucullatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macroprotodon mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long-trained NightjarMacropsalis forcipata (Nitsch, 1840) | CaprimulgidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Macropsobrycon uruguayanae Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Macropsobrycon xinguensis Géry, 1973 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Grey KangarooMacropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) | MacropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Grey KangarooMacropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 | MacropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amboyna Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia amboinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | ColumbidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Enggano Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia cinnamomea Salvadori, 1892 | ColumbidaeChordata | 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.