Nature Atlas
Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.
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Ascomycota, Member Species/Taxa Count64000
Ascomycota, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 64000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Asteroidea, Member Species/Taxa Count1900
Asteroidea, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 1900
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Atelidae, Member Species/Taxa Count30
Atelidae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 30
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Aves, Member Species/Taxa Count11000
Aves, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 11000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Bacteroidetes, Member Species/Taxa Count7000
Bacteroidetes, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 7000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Balaenopteridae, Member Species/Taxa Count9
Balaenopteridae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 9
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Basidiomycota, Member Species/Taxa Count32000
Basidiomycota, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 32000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Bathyal Zone, Annual Precipitation (mm)0.000000
Bathyal Zone, Biomes
Standing
Concerns Annual Precipitation (mm)
Currently States 0.000000
This biome spans roughly 1,000 to 4,000 meters depth, below the sunlit mesopelagic zone and with no direct atmospheric contact. The surface-blended precipitation figure used on the Marine, Open Ocean, Neritic Zone and Coral Reef biome entities does not meaningfully apply at this depth, so 0mm is recorded as the physically honest figure rather than forcing a surface figure onto a benthic/deep-pelagic zone.
Beaver, Population Estimate12500000.000000
Beaver, Species
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate
Currently States 12500000.000000
Defenders of Wildlife gives a present day range of 10 to 15 million across North America; this atlas records the midpoint. Estimates vary across sources and there is no single census figure, only the shared account that the population collapsed under the fur trade and has since rebounded.
Source Beaver (Defenders of Wildlife)
Bivalvia, Member Species/Taxa Count9200
Bivalvia, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 9200
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Blattodea, Member Species/Taxa Count7500
Blattodea, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 7500
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Blue Whale, Population Estimate10000.000000
Blue Whale, Species
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate
Currently States 10000.000000
Global blue whale population estimates range roughly from 10,000 to 25,000 individuals depending on which of several genetically and geographically distinct subpopulations are counted and how recently each ocean basin was surveyed; the lower figure recorded here is the more conservative published estimate, not a settled consensus number.
Bolson Tortoise, Population Estimate10000.000000
Bolson Tortoise, Species
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate
Currently States 10000.000000
The most recent published estimate is from 1991, based on data collected in 1983; no more recent census was found.
Source Bolson Tortoise (Wikipedia)
Bryophyta, Member Species/Taxa Count12000
Bryophyta, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 12000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Bryozoa, Member Species/Taxa Count6000
Bryozoa, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 6000
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Callitrichidae, Member Species/Taxa Count42
Callitrichidae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 42
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Canidae, Member Species/Taxa Count37
Canidae, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 37
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Canis, Member Species/Taxa Count7
Canis, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 7
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Carnivora, Member Species/Taxa Count290
Carnivora, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 290
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life
Caudata, Member Species/Taxa Count780
Caudata, Taxa
Standing
Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count
Currently States 780
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Source Catalogue of Life