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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chatham FernbirdMegalurus rufescens (Buller, 1869) | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Tawny GrassbirdMegalurus timoriensis Wallace, 1864 | LocustellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meganthias carpenteri Anderson, 2006 | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meganthias kingyo (Kon, Yoshino & Sakurai, 2000) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meganthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galápagos Giant RatMegaoryzomys curioi (Niethammer, 1964) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Sula MegapodeMegapodius bernsteinii Schlegel, 1866 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea MegapodeMegapodius decollatus Oustalet, 1878 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanesian MegapodeMegapodius eremita Hartlaub, 1868 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak MegapodeMegapodius geelvinkianus A. B. Meyer, 1874 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| La Perouse's MegapodeMegapodius laperouse Gaimard, 1823 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vanuatu MegapodeMegapodius layardi Tristram, 1879 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nicobar MegapodeMegapodius nicobariensis Blyth, 1846 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Niuafoou ScrubfowlMegapodius pritchardii G. R. Gray, 1864 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-footed MegapodeMegapodius reinwardt Dumont, 1823 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tanimbar MegapodeMegapodius tenimberensis P. L. Sclater, 1883 | MegapodiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | BalaenopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megarasbora elanga (Hamilton, 1822) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua (Linnaeus, 1766) | TyrannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Mexico pocket gopherMegascapheus connectens (Hall, 1936) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fulvus Pocket GopherMegascapheus fulvus (Woodhouse, 1852) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern California Pocket GopherMegascapheus laticeps (Baird, 1855) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megascapheus ruidosae (Hall, 1932) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sheldon's Pocket GopherMegascapheus sheldoni (Bailey, 1915) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Pocket GopherMegascapheus umbrinus (Richardson, 1829) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated Screech OwlMegascops albogularis (Cassin, 1849) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio (Linnaeus, 1758) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped Screech OwlMegascops atricapilla (Temminck, 1822) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bearded Screech OwlMegascops barbarus (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tropical Screech OwlMegascops choliba (Vieillot, 1817) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufescent Screech OwlMegascops ingens (Salvin, 1897) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cloud-forest Screech OwlMegascops marshalli (Weske & Terborgh, 1981) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Balsas Screech OwlMegascops seductus (R. T. Moore, 1941) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whiskered Screech OwlMegascops trichopsis (Wagler, 1832) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny-bellied Screech OwlMegascops watsonii (Cassin, 1849) | StrigidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mexican ShrewMegasorex gigas (Merriam, 1897) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pearly AntshrikeMegastictus margaritatus (P. L. Sclater, 1855) | ThamnophilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megastomatohyla mixe (Duellman, 1965) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megastomatohyla mixomaculata (Taylor, 1950) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megastomatohyla nubicola (Duellman, 1964) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megastomatohyla pellita (Duellman, 1968) | HylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megatestis dahlii (Boulenger, 1896) | PelodryadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doria's GoshawkMegatriorchis doriae Salvadori & D'Albertis, 1875 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megatrygon microps (Annandale, 1908) | DasyatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great XenopsMegaxenops parnaguae Reiser, 1905 | FurnariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau Greater White-eyeMegazosterops palauensis (Reichenow, 1915) | ZosteropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megophrys lancip Munir, Hamidy, Farajallah & Smith, 2018 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megophrys montana Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megophrys parallela Inger & Iskandar, 2005 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megophrys selatanensis Munir, Nishikawa, Hamidy & Smith, 2021 | MegophryidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.