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 |
|---|---|---|
| Libyan JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) libycus Lichtenstein, 1823 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buxton's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) sacramenti Thomas, 1922 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shaw's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) shawi (Duvernoy, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tristram's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) tristrami Thomas, 1892 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clawed JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) unguiculatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vinogradov's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) vinogradovi Heptner, 1931 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zarudny's JirdMeriones (Pallasiomys) zarudnyi Heptner, 1937 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| King JirdMeriones (Parameriones) rex Yerbury & Thomas, 1895 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meristogenys dyscritus Shimada, Matsui, Yambun & Sudin, 2011 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meristogenys jerboa (Günther, 1872) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meristogenys macrophthalmus (Matsui, 1986) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meristogenys penrissenensis Shimada, Matsui, Nishikawa & Eto, 2015 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meristogenys stigmachilus Shimada, Matsui, Yambun & Sudin, 2011 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meristogenys whiteheadi (Boulenger, 1887) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| whitingMerlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) | GadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| offshore hakeMerluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818) | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panama hakeMerluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899 | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chilean hakeMerluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic hakeMerluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814) | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| English hakeMerluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848) | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cortez hakeMerluccius hernandezi Mathews, 1985 | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentine hakeMerluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933 | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| European hakeMerluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| deep-water Cape hakeMerluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Patagonian hakeMerluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003 | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Benguela hakeMerluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North Pacific hakeMerluccius productus (Ayres, 1855) | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris, 2006 | MerlucciidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anchieta’s Dune or Shovel-Snouted LizardMeroles anchietae (Bocage, 1867) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Desert LizardMeroles ctenodactylus (Smith, 1838) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wedge-snouted Desert LizardMeroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knox's Desert LizardMeroles knoxii (Milne-Edwards, 1829) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Small-scaled Desert LizardMeroles micropholidotus Mertens, 1938 | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reticulate Sand LizardMeroles reticulatus (Bocage, 1867) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Rough-scaled (Sand) LizardMeroles squamulosus (Peters, 1854) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Desrt LizardMeroles suborbitalis (Peters, 1869) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Purple-bearded Bee-eaterMeropogon forsteni Bonaparte, 1850 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis Vieillot, 1817 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Böhm's Bee-eaterMerops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed Bee-eaterMerops breweri (Cassin, 1859) | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides A. Smith, 1834 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki Vieillot, 1817 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis Shaw, 1798 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus A. A. H. Lichtenstein, 1793 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti Vieillot, 1817 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rosy Bee-eaterMerops malimbicus Shaw, 1806 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides Des Murs & Pucheran, 1846 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus J. F. Gmelin, 1788 | MeropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892) | MeropidaeChordata | 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.