List of Endangered species in Taiwan



This is a list of Endangered species in Taiwan according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Lithocarpus dodonaeifolius 31247 EN
Calocedrus formosana Taiwan Incense-Cedar 31254 EN
Cephalotaxus harringtonii var. wilsoniana Taiwan Plum Yew 31257 EN
Keteleeria davidiana var. formosana 31262 EN
Cinnamomum brevipedunculatum 31266 EN
Gleditsia rolfei 31264 EN
Magnolia kachirachirai 31261 EN
Micryletta steinegeri Stejneger's Paddy Frog 57897 EN
Bulbophyllum rubrolabellum 46636 EN
Bulbophyllum tokioi 46637 EN
Salix kusanoi 31250 EN
Cheirostylis inabai 46644 EN
Cypripedium formosanum Formosa's Lady's Slipper 46650 EN
Dendrobium leptocladum 46662 EN
Chamaecyparis formosensis Formosan Cypress 32333 EN
Eulophia taiwanensis 46670 EN
Cycas taitungensis 42067 EN
Rhacophorus arvalis Farmland Green Treefrog 58974 EN
Rhacophorus aurantiventris Orange-bellied Treefrog 58975 EN
Neolitsea daibuensis 31333 EN
Diospyros kotoensis 31337 EN
Ailanthus altissima var. tanakai 31349 EN
Rana sauteri 58487 EN
Geothelphusa yangminshan Yangmingshan Crab 134815 EN
Squatina formosa Taiwan Angelshark 161456 EN
Hynobius formosanus Taiwan Salamander 59093 EN
Hynobius sonani Taichu Salamander 59102 EN
Onychostoma alticorpus 40699 EN
Podocarpus nakaii 34091 EN
Kudoacanthus albo-nervosa 46383 EN
Garcinia linii 35137 EN
Distylium gracile 35138 EN
Ligustrum microcarpum 35140 EN
Eurya rengechiensis 35144 EN
Cinnamomum kanahirae 35146 EN
Pyracantha koidzumii 35149 EN
Symplocos shilanensis 35143 EN
Ilex rarasanensis 46438 EN
Ilex tugitakayamensis 46443 EN
Ilex uraiensis 46444 EN
Pinus armandii var. mastersiana 34181 EN
Somanniathelphusa taiwanensis Taiwan Waist Crab 135093 EN
Maackia taiwanensis 37823 EN
Alyxia taiwanensis 34754 EN
Ilex arisanensis 34755 EN
Paramyxine taiwanae 196087 EN

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)