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Taiwan - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Taiwan. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Taiwan is an island country located in East Asia. It is close to the east of China in the East China Sea. The following shows the distribution of animals in Taiwan.
| Taiwan | |
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Taiwan
extant species |
 | Primate |
Formosan Rock Macaque |  | Rodent |
Hairy-footed flying squirrel,
Red And White Giant Flying Squirrel,
Indian Giant Flying Squirrel,
Pallas's squirrel,
Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel,
Maritime Striped Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Chinese Hare |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Wild Boar,
Reeves's Muntjac,
Sika Deer,
Indian Sambar,
Taiwan serow |  | Megabat |
Ryukyu Flying-fox |  | Pangolin |
Chinese Pangolin |  | Carnivora |
Leopard Cat (Spotted),
Clouded Leopard (Spotted),
Masked Palm Civet,
Small Indian Civet (Spotted),
Crab-eating Mongoose,
Asiatic Black Bear,
Oriental Small-clawed Otter,
European otter,
Chinese Ferret-badger,
Yellow-bellied weasel,
Siberian weasel |  | Goose |
White-fronted Goose,
Swan Goose,
Taiga Bean-Goose,
Lesser White-fronted Goose,
Greylag Goose,
Brent Goose |  | Swan |
Tundra swan |  | Pheasant |
Silver Pheasant,
Swinhoe's Pheasant,
Mikado Pheasant,
Common Pheasant |  | Stork |
Oriental Stork,
White Stork,
Black Stork |  | Ibis |
Black-headed Ibis,
Black-faced Spoonbill |  | Crane |
Common Crane ,
Hooded Crane |  | Pelican |
Spot-billed Pelican |  | Bird |
Taiwan Partridge,
Formosan Blue Magpie ,
Taiwan Firecrest,
Taiwan Bush-warbler,
Styan's Bulbul,
Steere's Liocichla,
Formosan Barwing,
White-eared Sibia,
White-whiskered Laughingthrush,
Taiwan Yuhina,
Collared Bush-robin,
Formosan Whistling-thrush,
Yellow Tit | | bird (CR) |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper | | bird (EN) |
Baer's Pochard,
Chinese Merganser,
Spotted Greenshank,
Japanese Night Heron |
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Taiwan
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
Dugong |  | Turtle |
Hawksbill turtle,
Olive Ridley,
Leatherback turtle |  | Albatross |
Short-tailed Albatross,
Black-footed Albatross |  | Ray |
Red stingray,
Manta ray,
Knifetooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Shortfin mako,
Longfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish,
Black Marlin,
Striped Marlin |  | Horseshoe
crab |
Japanese horseshoe crab |
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Taiwan
small extant
species |
| Turtle (EN) |
Chinese Pond Turtle,
Yellow-margined box turtle,
Asian Yellow Pond Turtle,
Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle |  | Salamander (EN) |
Formosan Salamander,
Sonan's Salamander |  | Newt (EN) |
Anderson's Crocodile Newt |  | Frog (EN) |
(Micryletta steinegeri),
(Pseudoamolops sauteri),
(Rhacophorus arvalis) |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
Japanese Luehdorfia ,
Common Rose ,
Common Windmill ,
Common Bluebottle ,
Tailed Jay ,
Sixbar Swordtail ,
Chinese peacock ,
Common Lime ,
Southern Chinese Peacock ,
(Papilio maraho) … total 17 species |
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