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 |
|---|---|---|
| Archosargus pourtalesii (Steindachner, 1881) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sheepsheadArchosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Atlantic seabreamArchosargus rhomboidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arcos decoris Briggs, 1969 | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rockwall clingfishArcos erythrops (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arcos nudus (Linnaeus, 1758) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arcos poecilophthalmos (Jenyns, 1842) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arcos rhodospilus (Günther, 1864) | GobiesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arcovomer passarellii Carvalho, 1954 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| BinturongArctictis binturong (Raffles, 1822) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden AngwantiboArctocebus aureus de Winton, 1902 | LorisidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Calabar AngwantiboArctocebus calabarensis (J. A. Smith, 1860) | LorisidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South American Fur SealArctocephalus australis (Zimmermann, 1783) | OtariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antipodean fur sealArctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828) | OtariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galapagos Fur SealArctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 | OtariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antarctic Fur SealArctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875) | OtariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Juan Fernández Fur SealArctocephalus philippii (Peters, 1866) | OtariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) | OtariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amsterdam fur sealArctocephalus tropicalis (J. E. Gray, 1872) | OtariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small-toothed Palm CivetArctogalidia trivirgata (Gray, 1832) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arctoraja parmifera (Bean, 1881) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arctoraja simoterus (Ishiyama, 1967) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted barracudinaArctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840) | ParalepididaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha (A. E. Brehm, 1854) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goliath HeronArdea goliath Cretzschmar, 1829 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Humblot's HeronArdea humbloti Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1885 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis Linnaeus, 1758 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Medium EgretArdea intermedia Wagler, 1829 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-necked HeronArdea pacifica Latham, 1801 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple HeronArdea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great-billed HeronArdea sumatrana Raffles, 1822 | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ProcellariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Pond HeronArdeola speciosa (Horsfield, 1821) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Indian BustardArdeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) | OtididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tree BatArdops nichollsi (Thomas, 1891) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arenigobius frenatus (Günther, 1861) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arenophryne rotunda Tyler, 1976 | MyobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Argentina aliceae Cohen & Atsaides, 1969 | ArgentinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentina australiae Cohen, 1958 | ArgentinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentina brasiliensis Kobyliansky, 2004 | ArgentinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentina brucei Cohen & Atsaides, 1969 | ArgentinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentina elongata Hutton, 1879 | ArgentinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Argentina euchus Cohen, 1961 | ArgentinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North Pacific argentineArgentina sialis Gilbert, 1890 | ArgentinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic argentineArgentina silus (Ascanius, 1775) | ArgentinidaeChordata | 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.