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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific tomcodMicrogadus proximus (Girard, 1854) | GadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic tomcodMicrogadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792) | GadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-tailed Shrew TenrecMicrogale brevicaudata G. Grandidier, 1899 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cowan's Shrew TenrecMicrogale cowani Thomas, 1882 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Drouhard's Shrew TenrecMicrogale drouhardi G. Grandidier, 1934 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dryad Shrew TenrecMicrogale dryas Jenkins, 1992 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale Shrew TenrecMicrogale fotsifotsy Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grandidier's Shrew TenrecMicrogale grandidieri Olson et al., 2009 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Naked-nosed Shrew TenrecMicrogale gymnorhyncha Jenkins, Goodman & Raxworthy, 1996 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Long-tailed Shrew TenrecMicrogale longicaudata Thomas, 1882 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Web-footed TenrecMicrogale mergulus (Major, 1896) | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Shrew TenrecMicrogale monticola Goodman & Jenkins, 1998 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nasolo's Shrew TenrecMicrogale nasoloi Jenkins & Goodman, 1999 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Shrew TenrecMicrogale parvula G. Grandidier, 1934 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Long-tailed Shrew TenrecMicrogale principula Thomas, 1926 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least Shrew TenrecMicrogale pusilla Major, 1896 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shrew-toothed Shrew TenrecMicrogale soricoides Jenkins, 1993 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taiva Shrew TenrecMicrogale taiva Major, 1896 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Shrew TenrecMicrogale thomasi Major, 1896 | TenrecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Microgastra granosa (Sluiter, 1904) | PlurellidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chabahar Dwarf GeckoMicrogecko chabaharensis Gholamifard, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Khosravani, Yousefkhani & Oraei, 2016 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Low Lying GeckoMicrogecko depressus (Minton & Anderson, 1965) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Khuzestan Dwarf geckoMicrogecko helenae Nikolsky, 1907 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laki dwarf geckoMicrogecko laki Torki, 2020 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Latifi's dwarf geckoMicrogecko latifi (Leviton & Anderson, 1972) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Persia Sand GeckoMicrogecko persicus (Nikolsky, 1903) | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tanishpa’s dwarf geckoMicrogecko tanishpaensis Masroor, Khisroon, Khan & Jablonski, 2020 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microgecko varaviensis Gholamifard, Rastegar-Pouyani & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2019 | GekkonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microgenys lativirgata Pearson, 1927 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microgenys minuta Eigenmann, 1913 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microgenys weyrauchi Fowler, 1945 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis ater Ahl, 1936 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis berbixae Tobes, Falconí-López, Valdiviezo-Rivera & Provenzano, 2020 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis cottoides (Boulenger, 1891) | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis garavelloi Shibatta & Benine, 2005 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis iheringi Gomes, 1946 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis maculatus Shibatta, 2014 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis minutus Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis nigripinnis Bizerril & Perez-Neto, 1992 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis oliveirai Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis parahybae (Steindachner, 1880) | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis pataxo Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2006 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis pellopterygius Mees, 1978 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis poecilus Eigenmann, 1912 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis reikoae Ruiz, 2016 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis robustus Ruiz & Shibatta, 2010 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis secundus Mees, 1974 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis sparsus Ruiz, 2016 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis variegatus Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microglanis xylographicus Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 | PseudopimelodidaeChordata | 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.