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 |
|---|---|---|
| Javan TrogonApalharpactes reinwardtii (Temminck, 1822) | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bamenda ApalisApalis bamendae Bannerman, 1922 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chapin's ApalisApalis chapini Friedmann, 1928 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chirinda ApalisApalis chirindensis Shelley, 1906 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey ApalisApalis cinerea (Sharpe, 1891) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida (Strickland, 1853) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Apalis fuscigularis Moreau, 1938 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kabobo ApalisApalis kaboboensis Prigogine, 1955 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karamoja ApalisApalis karamojae (Someren, 1921) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Apalis lynesi Vincent, 1933 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed ApalisApalis melanocephala (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps (Shelley, 1873) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Masked ApalisApalis personata Sharpe, 1902 | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis (Fraser, 1843) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-cheeked TrogonApaloderma aequatoriale Sharpe, 1901 | TrogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Florida Softshell TurtleApalone ferox (Schneider, 1783) | TrionychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smooth Softshelled TurtleApalone mutica (Lesueur, 1827) | TrionychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827) | TrionychidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bonin White-eyeApalopteron familiare (Kittlitz, 1830) | ZosteropidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed Centipede EaterAparallactus capensis Smith, 1849 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Centipede EaterAparallactus guentheri Boulenger, 1895 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jackson’s centipede-eaterAparallactus jacksonii (Günther, 1888) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Forest Centipede-eaterAparallactus modestus (Günther, 1859) | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zaire Centipede-eater.Aparallactus moeruensis de Witte & Laurent, 1943 | AtractaspididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon argenteus Pavanelli & Britski, 2003 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon davisi Fowler, 1941 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon gransabana Starnes & Schindler, 1993 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon hasemani Eigenmann, 1916 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon machrisi Travassos, 1957 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon orinocensis Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso, 1999 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon tigrinus Pavanelli & Britski, 2003 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon vladii Pavanelli, 2006 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anatolian LizardApathya cappadocica (Werner, 1902) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yassujian lizardApathya yassujica (Nilson, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani & Andrén, 2003) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fourspine sticklebackApeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815) | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphaniops dispar (Rüppell, 1829) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphaniops ginaonis (Holly, 1929) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphaniops hormuzensis (Teimori, Esmaeili, Hamidan & Reichenbacher, 2018) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphaniops kruppi (Freyhof, Weissenbacher & Geiger, 2017) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphaniops stiassnyae (Getahun & Lazara, 2001) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphaniops stoliczkanus (Day, 1872) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indonesia Earless AgamaAphaniotis acutirostris Modigliani, 1889 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dusky Earless AgamaAphaniotis fusca (Peters, 1864) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphaniotis kumbakarna Harvey, Sidik, Kurniawan & Smith, 2025 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ornate Earless AgamaAphaniotis ornata (Lidth de Jeude, 1893) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphanius almiriensis Kottelat, Barbieri & Stoumboudi, 2007 | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphanius desioi (Gianferrari, 1933) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mediterranean toothcarpAphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821) | CyprinodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aphanopus capricornis Parin, 1994 | TrichiuridaeChordata | 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.