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 |
|---|---|---|
| moonfishMene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | MenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indochinese Ground SquirrelMenetes berdmorei (Blyth, 1849) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Top End Dwarf SkinkMenetia alanae Rankin, 1979 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Dwarf SkinkMenetia amaura Storr, 1978 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jabiluka Dwarf SkinkMenetia concinna Sadlier, 1984 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Dwarf SkinkMenetia greyii Gray, 1845 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Dwarf SkinkMenetia maini Storr, 1976 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Dwarf SkinkMenetia surda Storr, 1976 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mississippi silversideMenidia audens Hay, 1882 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| inland silversideMenidia beryllina (Cope, 1867) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Texas silversideMenidia clarkhubbsi Echelle & Mosier, 1982 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| golden silversideMenidia colei Hubbs, 1936 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| key silversideMenidia conchorum Hildebrand & Ginsburg, 1927 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Menidia extensa Hubbs & Raney, 1946 | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic silversideMenidia menidia (Linnaeus, 1766) | AtherinopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| southern kingcroakerMenticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Menticirrhus cuiaranensis Marceniuk, Caires, Rotundo, Cerqueira, Siccha-Ramirez, Wosiacki & Oliveira, 2020 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf kingcroakerMenticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| highfin kingfishMenticirrhus nasus (Günther, 1868) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paita kingfishMenticirrhus paitensis Hildebrand, 1946 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panama kingfishMenticirrhus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| northern kingcroakerMenticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| California corbinaMenticirrhus undulatus (Girard, 1854) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tsingy Forest RailMentocrex beankaensis Goodman, Raherilalao & Block, 2011 | SarothruridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mentodus bythios (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987) | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mentodus crassus Parr, 1960 | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mentodus eubranchus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987) | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mentodus facilis (Parr, 1951) | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mentodus longirostris (Sazonov & Golovan, 1976) | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mentodus mesalirus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987) | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mentodus perforatus Sazonov & Trunov, 1978 | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mentodus rostratus (Günther, 1878) | PlatytroctidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Albert's LyrebirdMenura alberti Bonaparte, 1850 | MenuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Superb LyrebirdMenura novaehollandiae Latham, 1801 | MenuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Menziesichthys alaid Prokofiev & Iftime, 2020 | LiparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Menziesichthys bacescui Nalbant & Mayer, 1971 | LiparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mephisto fraserbrunneri Tyler, 1966 | TriacanthodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hooded SkunkMephitis macroura Lichtenstein, 1832 | MephitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striped SkunkMephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) | MephitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mercurana myristicapalustris Abraham, Pyron, Ansil, Zachariah & Zachariah, 2013 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| SmewMergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Auckland Island MerganserMergus australis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Common MerganserMergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758 | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian MerganserMergus octosetaceus Vieillot, 1817 | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly-sided MerganserMergus squamatus Gould, 1864 | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Desert GerbilMeriones (Cheliones) hurrianae Jordon, 1867 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cheng's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) chengi Wang, 1964 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moroccan JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) grandis Cabrera, 1907 | MuridaeChordata | 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.