Species of Tamil Nadu
18,255 species on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu, 538 of them threatened.
List of the week of 2026-11-09. Pick a group for its species.
| Group | Species | Threatened |
|---|---|---|
| Birds | 652 | 32 |
| Large mammals | 62 | 21 |
| Bats | 26 | 1 |
| Rodents, shrews and hares | 45 | 8 |
| Whales, dolphins and other mammals | 13 | 6 |
| Reptiles | 300 | 38 |
| Amphibians | 127 | 49 |
| Fish | 1,024 | 93 |
| Butterflies | 361 | 0 |
| Moths | 1,364 | 0 |
| Dragonflies and damselflies | 150 | 4 |
| Beetles | 718 | 8 |
| Bees, wasps and ants | 742 | 0 |
| Flies | 384 | 0 |
| True bugs | 1,021 | 0 |
| Other insects | 609 | 1 |
| Spiders and other arachnids | 377 | 3 |
| Molluscs | 1,138 | 8 |
| Crabs, shrimps and kin | 386 | 0 |
| Orchids | 158 | 6 |
| Grasses and sedges | 405 | 0 |
| Ferns and lycophytes | 287 | 4 |
| Other flowering plants and conifers | 4,078 | 227 |
| Mosses and liverworts | 407 | 0 |
| Lichens | 234 | 0 |
| Fungi | 1,268 | 0 |
| Algae and diatoms | 225 | 0 |
| Other species | 1,694 | 29 |