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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mantidactylus olgae Rabibisoa, Welt & Raxworthy, 2023 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus pauliani Guibé, 1973 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus petakorona Scherz, Glaw, Hutter, Bletz, Rakotoarison, Köhler & Vences, 2019 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus poissoni Angel, 1937 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus riparius Scherz, Crottini, Hutter, Hildenbrand, Andreone, Fulgence, Köhler, Ndriantsoa, Ohler et al., 2022 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus schulzi Vences, Hildenbrand, Warmuth, Andreone & Glaw, 2018 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus tricinctus (Guibé, 1947) | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus tripunctatus Angel, 1930 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus ulcerosus (Boettger, 1880) | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus zipperi Vences & Glaw, 2004 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantidactylus zolitschka Glaw & Vences, 2004 | MantellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantophryne axanthogaster Kraus & Allison, 2009 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantophryne insignis Günther & Richards, 2016 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantophryne lateralis Boulenger, 1897 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantophryne louisiadensis (Parker, 1934) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mantophryne menziesi (Zweifel, 1972) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tagula ManucodeManucodia alter Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1903 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glossy-mantled ManucodeManucodia ater (R. P. Lesson, 1830) | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crinkle-collared ManucodeManucodia chalybatus (Pennant in J. R. Forster, 1781) | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Curl-crested ManucodeManucodia comrii P. L. Sclater, 1876 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jobi ManucodeManucodia jobiensis Salvadori, 1876 | ParadisaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maoricottus calidophilus Schwarzhans, 2019 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Maorigadus anarchicus Schwarzhans, 1980 | BregmacerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Maracaiba zuliae (Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maratecoara formosa Costa & Brasil, 1995 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maratecoara gesmonei Nielsen, Martins & Britzke, 2014 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maratecoara lacortei (Lazara, 1991) | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maratecoara splendida Costa, 2007 | RivulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcelogobius helenae (Van Tassell & Kramer, 2014) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger, 1901) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius altisambesi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger, 1905) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan, 1939) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger, 1897) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll, 1967) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius deboensis (Daget, 1954) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius desertus Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2016 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius devosi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll, 1967) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin, 1904) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius furcidens (Pellegrin, 1920) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius fuscus (Pellegrin, 1901) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll, 1945) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius gracilis Kramer, 2013 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis, 1891) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin, 1924 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius kainjii Lewis, 1974 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016 | MormyridaeChordata | 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.