Animal Info - Taiwan
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economly), References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur in Taiwan and are rated as Critically
Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
- Vulnerable:
- Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus).
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera
musculus).
- Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa).
- Dugong (Dugong dugon).
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra).
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).
- Formosan Serow (Capricornis swinhoei). (Endemic to Taiwan.)
- Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).
- Northern Right Whale
(Eubalaena glacialis).
- Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis).
- Taiwan Big-eared Bat (Plecotus taivanus). (Endemic to Taiwan.)
- Taiwan Macaque (Macaca cyclopis).
- Taiwan Tube-nosed Bat (Murina puta). (Endemic to Taiwan.)
- Taiwan Vole (Volemys kikuchii). (Endemic to Taiwan.)
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 63 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 10 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996:
10 (16 % of
total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000:
14 (22% of total species) (IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Taiwan contains the Taiwan Montane Forests Global 200 Ecoregion (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Population
Population in 1994: 21,298,930 (Wright
1995)
Population density in 1994: 592.0 people/sq km (1,533.2 people/sq mi) (Wright 1995)
Population in 1998: 21,908,135 (World
Almanac 1999)
Area/Land Use
Area: 35,980 sq km (13,892 sq mi) (Wright
1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
- Other Coastal Aquatic: 29 %
- Crop and Settlements: 12 %
- Interrupted Woods: 6 %
- Major Forests: 53 %
(Groombridge 1992)
Protected Lands
Area: 2,890 sq km (1,116 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected: 5.49 % totally protected, 2.53 % partially protected,
8.02 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Economy
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $14,700 (World Almanac 1999)
References and Links
References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996,
IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Taiwan): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles
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