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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daurian HedgehogMesechinus dauuricus (Sundevall, 1842) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hugh's Forest HedgehogMesechinus hughi (Thomas, 1908) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small-toothed Forest HedgehogMesechinus miodon (Thomas, 1908) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Forest HedgehogMesechinus orientalis Shi, Yao, K. He, Bai, J. Zhou, J. Fan, W. Su, W. Nie, S. Yang, Onditi, X. Jian & Z. Chen, 2023 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gaoligong Forest HedgehogMesechinus wangi He, Jiang Xuelong & Ai Huaisen, 2018 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ThreskiornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-footed MesembriomysMesembriomys gouldii (Gray, 1843) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-backed MesembriomysMesembriomys macrurus (Peters, 1876) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown MesiteMesitornis unicolor (des Murs, 1845) | MesitornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-breasted MesiteMesitornis variegatus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838) | MesitornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| O'Shaughnessy's GalliwaspMesoamericus bilobatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) | DiploglossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Inirida Worm LizardMesobaena huebneri Mertens, 1925 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesobaena rhachicephala Hoogmoed, Pinto, Da Rocha & Pereira, 2009 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cabrera's HutiaMesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-tailed HutiaMesocapromys melanurus (Poey, 1865) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf HutiaMesocapromys nanus (G. M. Allen, 1917) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| San Felipe HutiaMesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona & Garrido, 1970) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mesochordaeus bahamasi Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1990 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesochordaeus erythrocephalus Hopcroft & Robison, 1999 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dahl’s Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gibba (Toadhead) TurtleMesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Toadheaded TurtleMesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brasilianische KrötenkopfschildkröteMesoclemmys perplexa Bour & Zaher, 2005 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon Toadhead Turtle [heliostemma]Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray, 1856) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuberculate Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys tuberculata (Luederwaldt, 1926) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhaege’s Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zulia Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesocottus haitej (Dybowski, 1869) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden HamsterMesocricetus auratus (Waterhouse, 1839) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brandt's HamsterMesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Romanian HamsterMesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ciscaucasian HamsterMesocricetus raddei (Nehring, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mesogobio lachneri Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1973 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesogobio tumenensis Chang, 1980 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| knout gobyMesogobius batrachocephalus (Pallas, 1814) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesogobius nigronotatus (Kessler, 1877) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesogobius nonultimus (Iljin, 1936) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros atromaculatus (Regan, 1912) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros festae (Boulenger, 1899) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros gephyrus (Eigenmann, 1922) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoheros ornatus (Regan, 1905) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoikopleura enterospira Fenaux, 1993 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoikopleura gyroceanis Fenaux, 1993 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoikopleura haranti (Vernières, 1934) | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mesoikopleura youngbluthi Fenaux, 1993 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Splendid SkinkMesomycterus splendidus (Grandidier, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ferreira's Spiny Tree-ratMesomys hispidus (Desmarest, 1817) | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hidden Spiny Tree-ratMesomys occultus Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pará Spiny Tree-ratMesomys stimulax Thomas, 1911 | EchimyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mesonauta acora (Castelnau, 1855) | CichlidaeChordata | 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.