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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marcusenius krameri Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger, 1899) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius lucombesi Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters, 1852) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1924) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius mento (Boulenger, 1890) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius meronai Bigorne & Paugy, 1990 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius monteiri (Günther, 1873) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius moorii (Günther, 1867) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius multisquamatus Kramer & Wink, 2013 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius nyasensis (Worthington, 1933) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius pongolensis (Fowler, 1934) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius rheni (Fowler, 1936) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & Hopkins, 1997 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger, 1899) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius stanleyanus (Boulenger, 1897) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius verheyenorum Mambo Baba, Kisekelwa, Mizani, Decru & Vreven, 2020 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington, 1929) | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marcusenius wamuinii Decru, Sullivan & Vreven, 2019 | MormyridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Falcated DuckMareca falcata (Georgi, 1775) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spiny Lowland MargaretamysMargaretamys beccarii (Jentink, 1880) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Margaretamys christinae Mortelliti, Castiglia, Amori, Maryanto & Musser, 2012 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant MargaretamysMargaretamys elegans Musser, 1981 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser MargaretamysMargaretamys parvus Musser, 1981 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| pearl daceMargariscus margarita (Cope, 1867) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Margariscus nachtriebi (Cox, 1896) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bare-legged OwlMargarobyas lawrencii (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beautiful TreerunnerMargarornis bellulus Nelson, 1912 | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosus Lawrence, 1865 | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pearled TreerunnerMargarornis squamiger (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Star-chested TreerunnerMargarornis stellatus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Margrethia glareosa (Schwarzhans, 1980) | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Bighead portholefishMargrethia obtusirostra Jespersen & Tåning, 1919 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Margrethia valentinae Parin, 1982 | GonostomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marilyna darwinii (Castelnau, 1873) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marilyna meraukensis (de Beaufort, 1955) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marilyna pleurosticta (Günther, 1872) | TetraodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marinussaurus curupira Peloso, Pellegrino, Rodrigues & Ávila-Pires, 2011 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Middle American Four-lined SkinkMarisora alliacea (Cope, 1875) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser Windward SkinkMarisora aurulae Hedges & Conn, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| San Andrés SkinkMarisora berengerae (Miralles, 2006) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Middle America SkinkMarisora brachypoda (Taylor, 1956) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marisora falconensis (Mijares-Urrutia & Arends, 1997) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corn Island SkinkMarisora magnacornae Hedges & Conn, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Providencia Island SkinkMarisora pergravis (Barbour, 1921) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Honduran SkinkMarisora roatanae Hedges & Conn, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tehuantepec SkinkMarisora syntoma Mccranie, Matthews & Hedges, 2020 | ScincidaeChordata | 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.