Taiwanese IUCN species list

Kwang-Tsao Shao1, Kuo-Fang Chung1, Chihjen Ko2, Kun-Chi Lai2

1 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Sec 2, Academia Rd., Nangang Dist., 115, Taipei; 2 

Corresponding author(s): Kwang-Tsao Shao (zoskt@gate.sinica.edu.tw), Kuo-Fang Chung (bochung@sinica.edu.tw)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Chung KF, Shao KT (2021): Taiwanese IUCN species list. v7.4. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF). Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=taibnet_iucn&amp;v=7.4

Abstract

The Red List of Threatened Species, published by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), lists the conservation status of a representative selection of plant and animal species according to the level of threat to their survival. A species may have a limited distribution or be found only in a small area in a country. From the point of view of biodiversity, however, the extinction of any species can prompt a global impact. Therefore, the related information of an endangered species should be recognized and its conservation effort be executed.

IUCN estimates that there are 20,000 endangered species. The catalogue of life, Taiwan (TaiCoL) lists 314 species in vulnerable (VU) or higher levels. The scientific name (including author and year), synonyms, assessment level, and other information of these species are also included in the database. Taiwan, even the whole world, needs to actively promote the conservation work of these species. Through Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF), the information of Taiwan’s endangered species can be shared and exchanged with other GBIF participants. Users can use keywords to link to other websites with relevant information. All these efforts are to draw the world's attention to the conservation issue of endangered animals and plants.

Keywords: Checklist, IUCN, Taiwan, TaiCoL, Inventoryregional, Checklist

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=taibnet_iucn

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Taiwan island and adjacent islets.
Coordinates: 21°25'12''N and 26°4'12''N Latitude; 118°45'36''E and 123°1'48''E Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Taiwanese IUCN species list
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.taibif.tw/archive.do?r=taibnet_iucn
Publication date of data: 2023-01-03
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2011-08-11
Hierarchy level: Dataset