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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maculabatis macrura (Bleeker, 1852) | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maculabatis pastinacoides (Bleeker, 1852) | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maculabatis randalli (Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Moore, 2012) | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maculabatis toshi (Whitley, 1939) | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madagascarophis colubrinus (Schlegel, 1837) | PseudoxyrhophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cat-eyed SnakeMadagascarophis meridionalis Domergue, 1987 | PseudoxyrhophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madagascarophis ocellatus Domergue, 1987 | PseudoxyrhophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madascincus irery Miralles, Scherz, Roberts, Rakotoarison, Glaw & Vences, 2026 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Madagascar SkinkMadascincus melanopleura (Günther, 1877) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madascincus miafina Miralles, Köhler, Glaw & Vences, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Not givenMadascincus minotaurus Miralles, Scherz, Roberts, Rakotoarison, Glaw & Vences, 2026 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madascincus nanus (Andreone & Greer, 2002) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madascincus pyrurus Miralles, Köhler, Glaw & Vences, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madatyphlops domerguei (Roux-Estève, 1980) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madagascar Worm SnakeMadatyphlops madagascariensis (Boettger, 1877) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boettger's Worm SnakeMadatyphlops mucronatus (Boettger, 1880) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker's Worm SnakeMadatyphlops ocularis (Parker, 1927) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madatyphlops rajeryi (Renoult & Raselimanana, 2009) | TyphlopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kirk's Dik-dikMadoqua kirkii (Günther, 1880) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phillips's Dik-dikMadoqua phillipsi Thomas, 1894 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Piacentini's DikdikMadoqua piacentinii Drake-Brockman, 1911 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swayne's Dik-dikMadoqua swaynei Thomas, 1894 | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Dik-dikMadoqua thomasi (Neumann, 1905) | BovidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blanford's MadromysMadromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magadanichthys skopetsi (Shinohara, Nazarkin & Chereshnev, 2004) | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magdalenasaura adercum Fang, Vásquez-Restrepo & Daza, 2020 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magdalenichthys mompox DoNascimiento et al., 2025 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magdalenichthys poira DoNascimiento et al., 2025 | HeptapteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ground SnakeMagliophis exiguus (Cope, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| duckbill barracudinaMagnisudis atlantica (Krøyer, 1868) | AlepisauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magnisudis indica (Ege, 1953) | AlepisauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magnisudis prionosa (Rofen, 1963) | AlepisauridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| AnianiauMagumma parva (Stejneger, 1887) | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes, 1837) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mahidolia paucipora Allen & Erdmann, 2019 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mahonabatrachus dorsalis (Macleay, 1878) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mahonabatrachus longirostris (Tyler & Davies, 1977) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Majungaichthys agalegae Schwarzhans & Møller, 2011 | DinematichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Majungaichthys simplex Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007 | DinematichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indo-Pacific blue marlinMakaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic blue marlinMakaira nigricans Lacepède, 1802 | IstiophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-nosed Armored Tree-ratMakalata didelphoides (Desmarest, 1817) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed Armored Tree-ratMakalata macrura (Wagner, 1842) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Armored Tree-ratMakalata obscura (Wagner, 1840) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Makararaja chindwinensis Roberts, 2007 | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Makunaima guaporensis (Eigenmann, 1911) | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Makunaima guianensis (Eigenmann, 1909) | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| quakerfishMalacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sand tilefishMalacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786) | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diamond-backed TerrapinMalaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793) | EmydidaeChordata | 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.