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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acheilognathus omeiensis (Shih & Tchang, 1934) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus polylepis (Wu, 1964) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus tabira Jordan & Thompson, 1914 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus taenianalis (Günther, 1873) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acheilognathus typus (Bleeker, 1863) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achiroides leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 | SoleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achiroides melanorhynchus (Bleeker, 1850) | SoleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| finless flounderAchiropsetta tricholepis Norman, 1930 | AchiropsettidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achirus achirus (Linnaeus, 1758) | AchiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achirus declivis Chabanaud, 1940 | AchiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tehuantepec soleAchirus zebrinus Clark, 1936 | AchiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achoerodus gouldii (Richardson, 1843) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Achondrostoma oligolepis (Robalo, Doadrio, Almada & Kottelat, 2005) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acinocheirodon melanogramma Malabarba & Weitzman, 1999 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| CheetahAcinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775) | FelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siberian sturgeonAcipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortnose sturgeonAcipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yangtze sturgeonAcipenser dabryanus Duméril, 1869 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lake sturgeonAcipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Danube sturgeonAcipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| green sturgeonAcipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Adriatic sturgeonAcipenser naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barbel sturgeonAcipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sterletAcipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amur sturgeonAcipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese sturgeonAcipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| white sturgeonAcipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 | AcipenseridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acnodon oligacanthus (Müller & Troschel, 1844) | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acnodon senai Jégu & Santos, 1990 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northeast African Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) cahirinus (É. Geoffroy, 1803) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chudeau's Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) chudeaui Kollman, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Turkish Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) cilicicus Spitzenberger, 1978 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) cineraceus Fitzinger & Heuglin, 1866 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fiery Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) ignitus Dollman, 1910 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kemp's Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) kempi Dollman, 1911 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crete Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) minous Bate, 1906 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cyprus Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) nesiotes Bate, 1903 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acomys (Acomys) ngurui Verheyen, Hulselmans, Wendelen, Leirs, Corti, Backeljau & Verheyen, 2011 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acomys (Acomys) selousi De Winton, 1896 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern African Spiny MouseAcomys (Acomys) spinosissimus Peters, 1852 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape Spiny MouseAcomys (Subacomys) subspinosus (Waterhouse, 1838) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean Rock RatAconaemys fuscus (Waterhouse, 1842) | OctodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated Legless SkinkAcontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acontias bicolor (Hewitt, 1929) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shorthead Lance SkinkAcontias breviceps Essex, 1925 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cregoe's Legless SkinkAcontias cregoi (Boulenger, 1903) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| FitzSimon's Legless SkinkAcontias fitzsimonsi (Broadley, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mier Kalahari Legless SkinkAcontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons, 1941) | ScincidaeChordata | 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.