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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrosaura versteegii Lidth de Jeude, 1904 | GymnophthalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Artibeus) concolor Peters, 1865 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Artibeus) hirsutus K. Andersen, 1906 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Honduran Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Artibeus) inopinatus Davis & Carter, 1964 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaican Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis Leach, 1821 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Artibeus) lituratus (Olfers, 1818) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Artibeus) obscurus (Schinz, 1821) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andersen's Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Dermanura) anderseni Osgood, 1916 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gervais's Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Dermanura) cinereus (Gervais, 1856) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Dermanura) glaucus Thomas, 1893 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Dermanura) phaeotis (Miller, 1902) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Dermanura) ravus (Miller, 1902) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rosenberg's Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Dermanura) rosenbergi (Thomas, 1897) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Toltec Fruit-eating BatArtibeus (Dermanura) toltecus (Saussure, 1860) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Artisornis moreaui (W. L. Sclater, 1931) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ethiopian ArvicanthisArvicanthis abyssinicus (Rüppell, 1842) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sudanian ArvicanthisArvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blick's ArvicanthisArvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Neumann's ArvicanthisArvicanthis neumanni (Matschie, 1894) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guinean ArvicanthisArvicanthis rufinus (Temminck, 1853) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Water VoleArvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Water VoleArvicola scherman (Shaw, 1801) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bandar-e Jask Leaf-toed GeckoAsaccus authenticus Nazarov, Nabizadeh, Rajabizadeh, Melnikov, Volkova, Poyarkov & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2024 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emirati Leaf-toed GeckoAsaccus caudivolvulus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gallagher's GeckoAsaccus gallagheri (Arnold, 1972) | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gardners’ Leaf-toed GeckoAsaccus gardneri Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asaccus iranicus Torki, Ahmadzadeh, Ilgaz, Avci & Kumlutas, 2011 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kermanshah leaf-toed geckoAsaccus kermanshahensis Rastegar-Pouyani, 1996 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kurdistan leaf-toed geckoAsaccus kurdistanensis Rastegar-Pouyani, Nilson & Faizi, 2006 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Margarita’s Leaf-toed GeckoAsaccus margaritae Carranza, Simó-Riudalbas, Jayasinghe, Wilms & Els, 2016 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flat-snouted Leaf-toed GeckoAsaccus platyrhynchus Arnold & Gardner, 1994 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asaccus saffinae Afrasiab & Mohamad, 2009 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asaccus zagrosicus Torki, Ahmadzadeh, Ilgaz, Avci & Kumlutas, 2011 | PhyllodactylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asajirus arcticus (Hartmeyer, 1923) | MolgulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asajirus dichotomus (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1984) | MolgulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asajirus hemisphericus (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1990) | MolgulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asajirus ledanoisi (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1990) | MolgulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asajirus ovirarus (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1990) | MolgulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Asarcenchelys longimanus McCosker, 1985 | OphichthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rocky MountainAscaphus montanus Mittleman & Myers, 1949 | AscaphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| rosylip sculpinAscelichthys rhodorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia alisea Monniot F. & Monniot C., 2006 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia alterna Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1991 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia andamanensis Oka, 1915 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia archaia Sluiter, 1890 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia arenosa Hartmeyer, 1898 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia armata Hartmeyer, 1906 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia aspera Brunetti, 2007 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia azurea Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996 | AscidiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ascidia bifissa Sluiter, 1895 | AscidiidaeChordata | 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.