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 |
|---|---|---|
| Himalayan Water ShrewChimarrogale himalayica (Gray, 1842) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean Water ShrewChimarrogale phaeura Thomas, 1898 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese Water ShrewChimarrogale styani de Winton, 1899 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatra Water ShrewChimarrogale sumatrana (Thomas, 1921) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chimerella corleone Twomey, Delia & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2014 | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chimerella mariaelenae (Cisneros-Heredia & McDiarmid, 2006) | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chimerella mira Köhler, Venegas, Castillo-Urbina, Glaw, Aguilar-Puntriano & Vences, 2023 | CentrolenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinchaysuyoa labiata (Boulenger, 1898) | AriidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-tailed ChinchillaChinchilla chinchilla (Lichtenstein, 1829) | ChinchillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean ChinchillaChinchilla lanigera Bennett, 1829 | ChinchillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chindongo ater (Stauffer, 1988) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chindongo bellicosus Li, Konings & Stauffer, 2016 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chindongo elongatus (Fryer, 1956) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chindongo flavus (Stauffer, 1988) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chindongo heteropictus (Staeck, 1980) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chindongo longior (Seegers, 1996) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chindongo minutus (Fryer, 1956) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chindongo saulosi (Konings, 1990) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chioglossa lusitanica Barboza du Bocage, 1864 | SalamandridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chioninia fogoensis (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chioninia nicolauensis (Schleich, 1987) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chioninia spinalis (Boulenger, 1906) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| DR. STANGER's EUPREPES (Gray 1845)Chioninia stangeri (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vaillant's MabuyaChioninia vaillantii (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Snowy SheathbillChionis albus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ChionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-faced SheathbillChionis minor Hartlaub, 1841 | ChionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chionobathyscus dewitti Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978 | ChannichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chionodraco hamatus (Lönnberg, 1905) | ChannichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chionodraco myersi DeWitt & Tyler, 1960 | ChannichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ocellated icefishChionodraco rastrospinosus DeWitt & Hureau, 1979 | ChannichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Glittering-throated EmeraldChionomesa fimbriata (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sapphire-spangled EmeraldChionomesa lactea (R. Lesson, 1832) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasian snow voleChionomys gud (Satunin, 1909) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Snow VoleChionomys nivalis (Martins, 1842) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Robert's Snow VoleChionomys roberti (Thomas, 1906) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mbanja Worm LizardChirindia ewerbecki Werner, 1910 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lang's Worm LizardChirindia langi Fitzsimons, 1939 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mpwapwa Worm LizardChirindia mpwapwaensis (Loveridge, 1932) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nchingidi Worm LizardChirindia rondoensis (Loveridge, 1941) | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swynnerton's Worm LizardChirindia swynnertoni Boulenger, 1907 | AmphisbaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chirixalus doriae Boulenger, 1893 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chirixalus dudhwaensis Ray, 1992 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chirixalus nongkhorensis (Cochran, 1927) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chirixalus simus Annandale, 1915 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| dorab wolf-herringChirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775) | ChirocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whitefin wolf-herringChirocentrus nudus Swainson, 1839 | ChirocentridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| two-tone fingerfinChirodactylus brachydactylus (Cuvier, 1830) | CheilodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chirodactylus grandis (Günther, 1860) | CheilodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chirodactylus jessicalenorum Smith, 1980 | CheilodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Salvin's Big-eyed BatChiroderma salvini Dobson, 1878 | 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.