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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dover soleMicrostomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shuntov's smear dabMicrostomus shuntovi Borets, 1983 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger, 1903 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis christyi Boulenger, 1920 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis emarginata Ng, 2004 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis hirsuta Ng, 2004 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis laevigata Ng, 2004 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis lamberti Poll & Gosse, 1963 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis nannoculus Ng, 2004 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis notata Ng, 2004 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis polli Lambert, 1958 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microsynodontis vigilis Ng, 2004 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-and-white BulbulMicrotarsus melanoleucos Eyton, 1839 | PycnonotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Microthrissa congica (Regan, 1917) | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microthrissa minuta Poll, 1974 | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microthrissa moeruensis (Poll, 1948) | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microthrissa royauxi Boulenger, 1902 | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Microthrissa whiteheadi Gourène & Teugels, 1988 | DorosomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clarke's VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) clarkei (Hinton, 1923) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reed VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) fortis Büchner, 1889 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lacustrine VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) limnophilus Büchner, 1889 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maximowicz's VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) maximowiczii (Schrenk, 1859) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongolian VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) mongolicus (Radde, 1862) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese Grass VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) montebelli (Milne-Edwards, 1872) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Muisk VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) mujanensis Orlov & Kovalskaya, 1978 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Root VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sakhalin Island VoleMicrotus (Alexandromys) sachalinensis Vasin, 1955 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Field VoleMicrotus (Microtus) agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anatolian VoleMicrotus (Microtus) anatolicus Krystufek & Kefelioglu, 2002 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common VoleMicrotus (Microtus) arvalis (Pallas, 1779) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cabrera's VoleMicrotus (Microtus) cabrerae Thomas, 1906 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dogramaci's VoleMicrotus (Microtus) dogramacii Kefelioglu & Krystufek, 1999 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guenther's VoleMicrotus (Microtus) guentheri (Danford & Alston, 1880) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Iranian VoleMicrotus (Microtus) irani Thomas, 1921 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East European VoleMicrotus (Microtus) levis Miller, 1908 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paradox VoleMicrotus (Microtus) paradoxus (Ognev & Heptner, 1928) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Qazvin VoleMicrotus (Microtus) qazvinensis Golenishchev, 2003 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Schidlovsky's VoleMicrotus (Microtus) schidlovskii Argyropulo, 1933 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Social VoleMicrotus (Microtus) socialis (Pallas, 1773) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tatra Pine VoleMicrotus (Microtus) tatricus Kratochvíl, 1952 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Middle East VoleMicrotus (Microtus) transcaspicus Satunin, 1905 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beach VoleMicrotus (Mynomes) breweri (Baird, 1857) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-tailed VoleMicrotus (Mynomes) canicaudus Miller, 1897 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane VoleMicrotus (Mynomes) montanus (Peale, 1848) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Creeping VoleMicrotus (Mynomes) oregoni (Bachman, 1839) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Meadow VoleMicrotus (Mynomes) pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Prairie VoleMicrotus (Pedomys) ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tarabundi voleMicrotus (Pitymys) oaxacensis Goodwin, 1966 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jalapan Pine VoleMicrotus (Pitymys) quasiater (Coues, 1874) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Narrow-headed VoleMicrotus (Stenocranius) gregalis (Pallas, 1779) | CricetidaeChordata | 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.