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Scientific Name (Count)
Common Name
Family
Taxon Group
CAT
Action
Alopex
a terrestrial mammal
Canidae
Terrestrial Mammal
CAT4
Alopex lagopus
a terrestrial mammal
Canidae
Terrestrial Mammal
CAT4
Alophini
a beetle
Curculionidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alophycidae
a chromist
Chromist
CAT4
Alopias
a cartilagenous fish
Alopiidae
Cartilagenous Fish (Chondrichthyes)
CAT4
Alopias vulpinus (5)
Thresher
Alopiidae
Cartilagenous Fish (Chondrichthyes)
CAT2
Alopiidae
Thresher sharks
Alopiidae
Cartilagenous Fish (Chondrichthyes)
CAT4
Alopochen
a bird
Anatidae
Bird
CAT4
Alopochen aegyptiaca (1,321)
Egyptian Goose
Anatidae
Bird
CAT4
Alosa (377)
a bony fish
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT1
Alosa alosa (15)
Allis Shad
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT1
Alosa alosa x Alosa fallax
a bony fish
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT4
Alosa caspia
a bony fish
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT4
Alosa caspia subsp. caspia
a bony fish
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT4
Alosa fallax (114)
Twaite Shad
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT1
Alosa fallax subsp. fallax
Killarney Shad
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT1
Alosa immaculata
a bony fish
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT4
Alosa macedonica
a bony fish
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT4
Alosa vistonica
a bony fish
Clupeidae
Bony Fish (Actinopterygii)
CAT4
Alosterna
a beetle
Cerambycidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alosterna tabacicolor (142)
a beetle
Cerambycidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT3
Alphamyces
a fungus
Alphamycetaceae
Fungus
CAT4
Alphamyces chaetifer
a fungus
Alphamycetaceae
Fungus
CAT4
Alphamycetaceae
a fungus
Alphamycetaceae
Fungus
CAT4
Alphaproteobacteria
a bacterium
Bacterium
CAT4
Alpheidae
a crustacean
Alpheidae
Crustacean
CAT4
Alpheoidea
a crustacean
Crustacean
CAT4
Alpheus
a crustacean
Alpheidae
Crustacean
CAT4
Alpheus glaber
Pistol Shrimp
Alpheidae
Crustacean
CAT4
Alpheus macrocheles (1)
a crustacean
Alpheidae
Crustacean
CAT4
Alphitobiini
a beetle
Tenebrionidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alphitobius
a beetle
Tenebrionidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alphitobius diaperinus (16)
Lesser Mealworm Beetle
Tenebrionidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alphitobius laevigatus
Black Fungus Beetle
Tenebrionidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alphitophagus
a beetle
Tenebrionidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alphitophagus bifasciatus
Two-banded Fungus Beetle
Tenebrionidae
Insect - Beetle (Coleoptera)
CAT4
Alpinaria
a fungus
Melanommataceae
Fungus
CAT4
Alpinaria rhododendri
a fungus
Melanommataceae
Fungus
CAT4
Alsine
a flowering plant
Caryophyllaceae
Flowering Plant
CAT4
Alsophila
a moth
Geometridae
Insect - Moth
CAT4
Alsophila aescularia (9,900)
March Moth
Geometridae
Insect - Moth
CAT4
Alsophilinae
a moth
Geometridae
Insect - Moth
CAT4
Alstroemeria
a flowering plant
Alstroemeriaceae
Flowering Plant
CAT4
Alstroemeria aurea (3)
Peruvian Lily
Alstroemeriaceae
Flowering Plant
CAT4
Alstroemeriaceae
a flowering plant
Alstroemeriaceae
Flowering Plant
CAT4
Altella
a spider
Dictynidae
Spider (Araneae)
CAT4
Altella lucida
Dorset Mesh-weaver
Dictynidae
Spider (Araneae)
CAT4
Altenaeum
a mollusc
Montacutidae
Mollusc
CAT4
Altenaeum dawsoni
a mollusc
Montacutidae
Mollusc
CAT4
Altenia
a moth
Gelechiidae
Insect - Moth
CAT4
