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 |
|---|---|---|
| Central African slender-snouted crocodileMecistops leptorhynchus (Bennett, 1835) | CrocodylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rufous-winged TyrannuletMecocerculus calopterus (P. L. Sclater, 1859) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus hellmayri Berlepsch, 1907 | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrys (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulphur-bellied TyrannuletMecocerculus minor (Taczanowski, 1879) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed TyrannuletMecocerculus poecilocercus (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus stictopterus (P. L. Sclater, 1859) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meda fulgida Girard, 1856 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Medialuna ancietae Chirichigno F., 1987 | ScorpididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| halfmoonMedialuna californiensis (Steindachner, 1876) | ScorpididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lebanese thin-toed geckoMediodactylus amictopholis (Hoofien, 1967) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iranian GeckoMediodactylus aspratilis (Anderson, 1973) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barton’s Thin-toed geckoMediodactylus bartoni (Stepánek, 1934) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-limbed bend-toed geckoMediodactylus brachykolon (Krysko, Rehman & Auffenberg, 2007) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bulgarian Bent-toed GeckoMediodactylus danilewskii (Strauch, 1887) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deh Akro Thin-Toed GeckoMediodactylus dehakroensis (Masroor, 2009) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asia Minor Thin-Toed GeckoMediodactylus heterocercus (Blanford, 1874) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iraqi (Keel-scaled) GeckoMediodactylus heteropholis (Minton, Anderson & Anderson, 1970) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ilamian keel-scaled geckoMediodactylus ilamensis (Fathinia, Karamiani, Darvishnia, Heidari & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2011) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean Thin-toed geckoMediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediodactylus narynensis (Eremchenko, Zarinenko & Panfilov, 1999) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean Thin-toed geckoMediodactylus oertzeni (Boettger, 1888) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean Thin-toed geckoMediodactylus orientalis (Stepánek, 1937) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Grey Thin-Toed GeckoMediodactylus russowii (Strauch, 1887) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bampur Thin-Toed GeckoMediodactylus sagittifer (Nikolsky, 1900) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopet Dagh Bent-Toed GeckoMediodactylus spinicauda (Strauch, 1887) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediodactylus stevenandersoni (Torki, 2011) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chitral GeckoMediodactylus walli (Ingoldby, 1922) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bocourt's AmeivaMedopheos edracanthus (Bocourt, 1874) | TeiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Medusablennius chani Springer, 1966 | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus J. Verreaux & É. Verreaux, 1855 | VangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| big mouth sharkMegachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983 | MegachasmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| New Guinea Flightless RailMegacrex inepta D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nikolaus's African Climbing MouseMegadendromus nikolausi Dieterlen & Rupp, 1978 | NesomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser False Vampire BatMegaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758) | MegadermatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megadontognathus cuyuniensis Mago-Leccia, 1994 | ApteronotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oaxaca giant deer mouseMegadontomys cryophilus (Musser, 1964) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nelson's Big-toothed DeermouseMegadontomys nelsoni (Merriam, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas' Deer MouseMegadontomys thomasi (Merriam, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-eyed PenguinMegadyptes antipodes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megaelosia goeldii (Baumann, 1912) | HylodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-collared Fruit BatMegaerops albicollis Francis, 1989 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Temminck's Tailless Fruit BatMegaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Tailless Fruit BatMegaerops kusnotoi Hill & Boeadi, 1978 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ratanaworabhan's Fruit BatMegaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megalamphodus bentosi (Durbin, 1908) | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | 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.