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 |
|---|---|---|
| Leonard's Burrowing SnakeAnomochilus leonardi Smith, 1940 | AnomochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anomochilus monticola Das, Lakim, Lim & Hui, 2008 | AnomochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Webers Cylinder SnakeAnomochilus weberi (Lidth de Jeude, 1890) | AnomochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anomopera ingolfiana Hartmeyer, 1923 | MolgulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mindoro Forest AnonymomysAnonymomys mindorensis Musser, 1981 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-tipped HermitAnopetia gounellei (Boucard, 1891) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| smooth alligatorfishAnoplagonus inermis (Günther, 1860) | AgonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Needle poacherAnoplagonus occidentalis Lindberg, 1950 | AgonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender cockscombAnoplarchus insignis Gilbert & Burke, 1912 | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| high cocksbombAnoplarchus purpurescens Gill, 1861 | StichaeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anoplocapros amygdaloides Fraser-Brunner, 1941 | AracanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935) | AracanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anoplocapros lenticularis (Richardson, 1841) | AracanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anoplogaster brachycera Kotlyar, 1986 | AnoplogastridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common fangtoothAnoplogaster cornuta (Valenciennes, 1833) | AnoplogastridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anoplohydrus aemulans Werner, 1909 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black codAnoplopoma fimbria (Pallas, 1814) | AnoplopomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anoptoplacus pygmaeus Smith-Vaniz, 2017 | OpistognathidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Austen's Brown HornbillAnorrhinus austeni Jerdon, 1872 | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bushy-crested HornbillAnorrhinus galeritus (Temminck, 1831) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown HornbillAnorrhinus tickelli (Blyth, 1855) | BucerotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anostomoides atrianalis Pellegrin, 1909 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anostomus anostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anostomus brevior Géry, 1961 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anostomus longus Géry, 1961 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anostomus ternetzi Fernández-Yépez, 1949 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anostomus ucayalensis (Fowler, 1906) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecuador fish-eating ratAnotomys leander Thomas, 1906 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| North Pacific daggertoothAnotopterus nikparini Kukuev, 1998 | AnotopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| daggertoothAnotopterus pharao Zugmayer, 1911 | AnotopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South Ocean daggertoothAnotopterus vorax (Regan, 1913) | AnotopteridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Collared AnotosauraAnotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanzolini’s AnotosauraAnotosaura vanzolinia Dixon, 1974 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ecuadorian Tailless BatAnoura aequatoris (Lönnberg, 1921) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cadena's Tailless BatAnoura cadenai Mantilla-Meluk & Baker, 2006 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tailed Tailless BatAnoura caudifer (E. Geoffroy, 1818) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Handley's Tailless BatAnoura cultrata Handley, 1960 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tube-lipped Nectar BatAnoura fistulata Muchhala, Mena & Albuja, 2005 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geoffroy's Tailless BatAnoura geoffroyi Gray, 1838 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian Tailless BatAnoura javieri Pacheco, Sánchez-Vendizú & Solari, 2018 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-toothed Tailless BatAnoura latidens Handley, 1984 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Luis Manuel's Tailless BatAnoura luismanueli Molinari, 1994 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tschudi's Tailless BatAnoura peruana (Tschudi, 1844) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Assam Mole ShrewAnourosorex assamensis Anderson, 1875 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Mole ShrewAnourosorex schmidi Petter, 1963 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese Mole ShrewAnourosorex squamipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1872 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taiwanese Mole ShrewAnourosorex yamashinai Kuroda, 1935 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus (F. D. Bennett, 1840) | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black NoddyAnous minutus F. Boie, 1844 | LaridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown NoddyAnous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) | LaridaeChordata | 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.