The endemic species of Taiwan are organisms that are endemic to the island of Taiwan – that is, they naturally occur nowhere else on Earth. Percentages of endemic species and subspecies in selected animal groups in Taiwan:
Percentages of endemic plants of all living species in Taiwan.
Endemic fauna
Endemic mammals
Order: Carnivora (carnivorans) Formosan black bear – Ursus thibetanus formosanus Formosan ferret-badger – Melogale subaurantiaca (Swinhoe) Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) Formosan boar – Sus scrofa taivanus Formosan sika deer – Cervus nippon taiouanus Taiwan serow – Naemorhedus swinhoei (Gray) Order Eulipotyphla (shrews and kin) Taiwanese mole shrew – Anourosorex yamashinai Kuroda Tada's shrew – Crocidura tadae Tokuda & Kano Formosan shrew – Episoriculus fumidus Thomas Koshun shrew – Chodsigoa sodalis Thomas Kano's mole – Mogera kanoana Kawada et al. Order Rodentia (rodents) Formosan field vole – Apodemus semotus Thomas Spinous country-rat – Niviventer coxingi (Swinhoe) Formosan white-bellied rat – Niviventer culturatus (Thomas) Kikuchi's field vole – Microtus kikuchii (Kuroda) Formosan giant flying squirrel – Petaurista grandis (Swinhoe) Taiwan red-and-white giant flying squirrel – Petaurista lena Thomas Order Primate (primates) Formosan macaque – Macaca cyclopis (Swinhoe) Order Chiroptera (bats) Formosan long-eared bat – Plecotus taivanus Yoshiyuki Long-toed myotis – Myotis secundus Ruedi, Csorba, Lin & Chou Reddish myotis – Myotis soror Ruedi, Csorba, Lin & Chou Formosan mouse-eared bat – Myotis taiwanensis Linde Formosan broad-muzzled bat – Submyotodon latirostris Kishida Bicolored tube-nosed bat – Murina bicolor Kuo, Fang, Csorba & Lee Slender tube-nosed bat – Murina gracilis Kuo et al. Formosan tube-nosed bat – Murina puta Kishida Murina recondita Kuo, Fang, Csorba & Lee, 2009 Yellow-necked bat – Thainycteris torquatus Gabor & Lee Formosan leaf-nosed bat – Hipposideros terasensis Kisida Formosan greater horseshoe bat – Rhinolophus formosae Sanborn Formosan lesser horseshoe bat – Rhinolophus monoceros Andersen
Endemic birds
32 endemic bird species and another 52 endemic subspecies of Taiwan have been identified (out of a total of 686 bird species). The thirty-two endemic species make up about 4.6% of all birds living in Taiwan.
Order Passeriformes (passerines and relatives) Taiwan yellow tit – Machlolophus holsti Chestnut-bellied tit – Sittiparus castaneoventris White-whiskered laughingthrush – Garrulax morrisonianus (Ogilvie-Grant) White-throated laughingthrush – Pterorhinus albogularis Rusty laughingthrush – Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus White-eared sibia – Heterophasia auricularis (Swinhoe) Taiwan yuhina – Yuhina brunneiceps Ogilvie-Grant Taiwan scimitar babbler – Pomatorhinus musicus Black-necklaced scimitar babbler – Erythrogenys erythrocnemis Taiwan cupwing – Pnoepyga formosana Taiwan barwing – Actinodura morrisoniana Ogilvie-Grant Steere's liocichla – Liocichla steerii Swinhoe Morrison's fulvetta – Alcippe morrisonia Taiwan blue magpie – Urocissa caerulea (Gould) Styan's bulbul – Pycnonotus taivanus Styan Taiwan whistling thrush – Myophonus insularis Gould Collared bush robin – Tarsiger johnstoniae (Ogilvie-Grant) White-browed bush robin – Tarsiger indicus Taiwan bullfinch – Pyrrhula owstoni Taiwan rosefinch – Carpodacus formosanus Taiwan vivid niltava – Niltava vivida Taiwan thrush – Turdus niveiceps Taiwan shortwing – Brachypteryx goodfellowi Taiwan fulvetta – Fulvetta formosana Flamecrest – Regulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant Taiwan bush warbler – Bradypterus alishanensis Taiwan hwamei – Garrulax taewanus Order Galliformes (chicken-like birds) Taiwan partridge – Arborophila crudigularis (Swinhoe) Taiwan bamboo partridge – Bambusicola sonorivox Mikado pheasant – Syrmaticus mikado (Ogilvie-Grant) Swinhoe's pheasant – Lophura swinhoii (Gould) Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives) Taiwan barbet – Megalaima nuchalis
Endemic reptiles Order Squamata (lizards and snakes) Formosan smooth skink – Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh) Taiwan forest skink – Sphenomorphus taiwanensis Chen & Lue Plestiodon leucostictus (Hikida, 1988) Lanyu scaly-toed gecko – Lepidodactylus yami Ota Kikuchi's gecko – Gekko kikuchii (Oshima) Gekko guishanicus – Lin & Yao, 2016 Short-legged japalure – Diploderma brevipes Gressitt Diploderma luei – Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998 Maki's japalura – Diploderma makii Ota Swinhoe's japalura – Diploderma swinhonis Gunther Formosan legless lizard – Ophisaurus formosensis Kishida Formosa grass lizard – Takydromus formosanus Boulenger Sauteri grass lizard – Takydromus sauteri Van Denburgh Hsuehshan grass lizard – Takydromus hsuehshanensis Lin & Cheng Stejneger's grass lizard – Takydromus stejnegeri Van Denburgh Hengchun blind snake – Argyrophis koshunensis Oshima Atayal slug-eating snake – Pareas atayal You, Poyarkov & Lin, 2015 Taiwan slug-eating snake – Pareas formosensis (Van Dengurgh) Formosa odd-scaled snake – Achalinus formosanus Boulenger Black odd-scaled snake – Achalinus niger Maki Maki's keelback – Hebius miyajimae Maki Swinhoe's grass snake – Rhabdophis swinhonis (Günther) Formosa coral snake – Sinomicrurus sauteri (Steindachner) Swinhoe's temperate Asian coralsnake – Sinomicrurus swinhoei (Van Dengurgh) Taiwan pit viper – Trimeresurus gracilis Oshima
Endemic amphibians Order Anura (frogs and toads) Central Formosa toad – Bufo bankorensis Stejneger's narrow-mouthed toad – Micryletta steinegeri Swinhoe's brown frog – Odorrana swinhoana Taipa frog – Rana longicrus Sauter's brown frog – Rana sauteri Ota's stream tree frog – Buergeria otai Robust Buerger's frog – Buergeria robusta Kurixalus berylliniris Temple treefrog – Kurixalus idiootocus Kurixalus wangi Farmland green treefrog – Zhangixalus arvalis Orange-belly treefrog – Zhangixalus aurantiventris Moltrecht's green tree frog – Rhacophorus moltrechti Emerald green treefrog – Rhacophorus prasinatus Taipei tree frog – Zhangixalus taipeianus Order Urodela (salamanders and newts) Alishan salamander – Hynobius arisanensis Formosan salamander – Hynobius formosanus Taiwan lesser salamander – Hynobius fuca Nanhu salamander – Hynobius glacialis Sonani's salamander – Hynobius sonani
Endemic freshwater fishes
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