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 |
|---|---|---|
| Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlipophrys bauchotae (Wirtz & Bath, 1982) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlipophrys caboverdensis (Wirtz & Bath, 1989) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlipophrys canevae (Vinciguerra, 1880) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlipophrys dalmatinus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlipophrys nigriceps (Vinciguerra, 1883) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlipophrys velifer (Norman, 1935) | BlenniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophichthys andracanthus Bertelsen, 1951 | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| short-rod anglerfishMicrolophichthys microlophus (Regan, 1925) | OneirodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos Lava LizardMicrolophus albemarlensis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus arenarius (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atacamen Pacific IguanaMicrolophus atacamensis (Donoso-Barros, 1960) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos Lava LizardMicrolophus barringtonensis (Baur, 1892) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hood Lava LizardMicrolophus delanonis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus duncanensis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Floreana Lava LizardMicrolophus grayii (Bell, 1843) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus habelii (Steindachner, 1876) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus heterolepis (Wiegmann, 1834) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos Lava LizardMicrolophus indefatigabilis (Baur, 1890) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Santiago Lava LizardMicrolophus jacobii (Baur, 1892) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus koepckeorum (Mertens, 1956) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Knobbed Pacific IguanaMicrolophus occipitalis (Peters, 1871) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Pacific IguanaMicrolophus pacificus (Steindachner, 1876) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peru Pacific IguanaMicrolophus peruvianus (Lesson, 1829) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Four-banded Pacific IguanaMicrolophus quadrivittatus (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slevin’s lava lizards ProposedMicrolophus slevini Torres-Carvajal, 2024 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tarapaca Pacific IguanaMicrolophus tarapacensis (Donoso-Barros, 1966) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Theresia's Pacific IguanaMicrolophus theresiae (Steindachner, 1901) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus theresioides (Donoso-Barros, 1966) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tschudi's Pacific IguanaMicrolophus thoracicus (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiger Pacific IguanaMicrolophus tigris (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microlophus yanezi (Ortiz-Zapata, 1980) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Miniature Tit-BabblerMicromacronus leytensis Amadon, 1962 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micromacronus sordidus Ripley & Rabor, 1968 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern blue whitingMicromesistius australis Norman, 1937 | GadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blue whitingMicromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827) | GadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| reef perchMicrometrus aurora (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | EmbiotocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micromischodus sugillatus Roberts, 1971 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolata (Deville, 1849) | BucconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harvest MouseMicromys minutus (Pallas, 1771) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micromyzon akamai Friel & Lundberg, 1996 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micromyzon orinoco Carvalho, Lundberg, Baskin, Friel & Reis, 2016 | AspredinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micronema hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851) | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micronema platypogon (Ng, 2004) | SiluridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micronemacheilus zispi Prokofiev, 2004 | NemacheilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micronoemacheilus zispi Prokofyev, 2004 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brosset's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Leuconycteris) brosseti Simmons & Voss, 1998 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Schmidt's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Leuconycteris) schmidtorum Sanborn, 1935 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giovanni's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) giovanniae Baker & Fonseca, 2007 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | 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.