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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elmas patillas Ashe & Chatzimanolis, 2003 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmas strigella (Bernhauer, 1915) | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmas strigiformis Ashe & Chatzimanolis, 2006 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmas windsori Ashe & Chatzimanolis, 2003 | StaphylinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmidolia fuliginea (Fairmaire, 1902) | ElmidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmidolia opaca Delève, 1963 | ElmidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmidolia sericans Fairmaire, 1897 | ElmidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed Blue FlycatcherElminia albicauda Barboza du Bocage, 1877 | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Crested FlycatcherElminia albiventris (Sjöstedt, 1893) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed Crested FlycatcherElminia albonotata (Sharpe, 1891) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda (Swainson, 1838) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata (Reichenow, 1874) | StenostiridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmis aenea (Müller, 1806) | ElmidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmis obscura (Müller, 1806) | ElmidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elmohardyia adunca Rafael & Menezes, 1999 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia argentocincta Rafael, 1988 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia argyrogaster Rafael, 1988 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia arx Rafael, 1988 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia conchulata Menezes & Rafael, 1996 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia costaricana Rafael & Menezes, 1999 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia denigrata Rafael, 1988 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia galeata Rafael & Menezes, 1999 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia hispida Menezes & Rafael, 1997 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia immaculata Menezes & Rafael, 1997 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia inepta (Hardy, 1954) | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia lanei (Hardy, 1965) | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia lindneri (Collin, 1931) | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia manaos Menezes & Rafael, 1996 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia merga Rafael, 1988 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia replicata (Hardy, 1948) | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia reversa Rafael, 1988 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia roraimensis Rafael & Rosa, 1992 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia rosalyae Menezes & Rafael, 1997 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia spuria Rafael, 1988 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmohardyia subtilis Menezes & Rafael, 1997 | PipunculidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmoia bullata (Hardy & Kohn, 1964) | DolichopodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmoia exartema (Hardy & Kohn, 1964) | DolichopodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmoia viridifacies (Parent, 1938) | DolichopodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elmothone martynovae Carpenter, 1977 | PermithonidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Elnoretta acracanthoides Alexander, 1929 | TipulidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elobiceras flexicostatum Spath, 1922 | BrancoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Elobiceras intermedium Spath, 1922 | BrancoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Elobiceras irregulare (Spath, 1922) | BrancoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides Haas, 1942 | BrancoceratidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Elocryptus amplitruncus Schultz, 1977 | MalacostracaArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elodia adiscalis Mesnil, 1970 | TachinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elodia fasciolata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 | TachinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elodia flavipalpis Aldrich, 1933 | TachinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elodia morio (Fallén, 1820) | TachinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elodiamea multicostata Laseron, 1959 | PyramidellidaeMollusca | 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.