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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maroubra perserrata Whitley, 1948 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maroubra yasudai Dawson, 1983 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| American MartenMartes americana (Turton, 1806) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific MartenMartes caurina (Merriam, 1890) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-throated MartenMartes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beech MartenMartes foina (Erxleben, 1777) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nilgiri MartenMartes gwatkinsii Horsfield, 1851 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Pine MartenMartes martes (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese MartenMartes melampus (Wagner, 1840) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| SableMartes zibellina (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marukawichthys pacificus Yabe, 1983 | EreuniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mascarenichthys heemstrai Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007 | DinematichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mascarenichthys microphthalmus Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007 | DinematichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mascarene ParrotMascarinus mascarinus (Linnaeus, 1771) | PsittaculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Golden-winged ManakinMasius chrysopterus (Lafresnaye, 1843) | PipridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maskaheros argenteus (Allgayer, 1991) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maskaheros regani (Miller, 1974) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mzab GundiMassoutiera mzabi (Lataste, 1881) | CtenodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus albomaculatus Poll, 1953 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus ansorgii Boulenger, 1905 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus apectoralis Brown, Britz, Bills, Rüber & Day, 2011 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus aviceps Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus binhluensis Vu, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2019 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll, 1958) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus crassus Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus cryptacanthus Günther, 1867 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus dayi Boulenger, 1912 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus decorsei Pellegrin, 1919 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus dictyon Britz & Kottelat, 2025 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus dienbienensis Nguyen & Nguyen, 2005 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1850 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus flavidus Matthes, 1962 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus greshoffi Boulenger, 1901 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus kadeiensis Roberts, 2021 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven & Teugels, 2005 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus latens Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus liemphuensis Vu, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2019 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus loennbergii Boulenger, 1898 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus marchei Sauvage, 1879 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, 1794) | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus micropectus Matthes, 1962 | MastacembelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mastacembelus moorii Boulenger, 1898 | MastacembelidaeChordata | 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.