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 |
|---|---|---|
| Matses Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) matses Simmons, Voss & Fleck, 2002 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) megalotis (Gray, 1842) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Micronycteris) microtis Miller, 1898 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tiny Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Schizonycteris) minuta (Gervais, 1856) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sanborn's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Schizonycteris) sanborni Simmons, 1996 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yates's Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Schizonycteris) yatesi Siles & Brooks, 2013 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy Big-eared BatMicronycteris (Xenoctenes) hirsuta (Peters, 1869) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micropanchax antinorii (Vinciguerra, 1883) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax bracheti (Berkenkamp, 1983) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax camerunensis (Radda, 1971) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax ehrichi (Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1994) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax fuelleborni (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax johnstoni (Günther, 1894) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax keilhacki (Ahl, 1928) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax kingii (Boulenger, 1913) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropanchax rudolfianus (Worthington, 1932) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis (A. Smith, 1839) | JacanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Micropercops borealis Nichols, 1930 | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropercops cinctus (Dabry de Thiersant, 1872) | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropercops dabryi Fowler & Bean, 1920 | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropercops hotayensis Mai, 1978 | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Micropercops pomahaka Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard, 2017 | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Micropercops swinhonis (Günther, 1873) | OdontobutidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped BandicootMicroperoryctes longicauda (Peters & Doria, 1876) | PeramelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mouse BandicootMicroperoryctes murina Stein, 1932 | PeramelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papuan BandicootMicroperoryctes papuensis (Laurie, 1952) | PeramelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Microphilypnus acangaquara Caires & Figueiredo, 2011 | EleotridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphilypnus amazonicus Myers, 1927 | EleotridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphilypnus hypolyrasimeion Caires & Toledo-Piza, 2018 | EleotridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphilypnus macrostoma Myers, 1927 | EleotridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphilypnus ternetzi Myers, 1927 | EleotridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis boaja (Bleeker, 1850) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| opossum pipefishMicrophis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis brevidorsalis (de Beaufort, 1913) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis caudocarinatus (Weber, 1907) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis cruentus Dawson & Fourmanoir, 1981 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton, 1822) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis deocata (Hamilton, 1822) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| freshwater pipefishMicrophis fluviatilis (Peters, 1852) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis heterosoma (Bleeker, 1851) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis insularis (Hora, 1925) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis jagorii Peters, 1868 | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barhead pipefishMicrophis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis martensii (Peters, 1868) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910) | SyngnathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microphis pleurostictus Peters, 1868 | SyngnathidaeChordata | 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.