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phylum

Chordata

Chordata is a phylum in the kingdom Animalia. This database currently files 48 species under it, 23 of them threatened, recorded across 249 countries.

Species filed
48
Threatened
23
Countries recorded
249
With a free photo
100%
Weight range
32.5 g – 12 t

What is in Chordata?

10 classes filed directly under this phylum.

  1. Mammalia

    red fox, grey wolf, lion, koala …

    20 species

  2. Aves

    mallard, european robin, bald eagle, peregrine falcon …

    12 species

  3. Amphibia

    fire salamander, common frog, axolotl, dyeing dart frog

    4 species

  4. Elasmobranchii

    great white shark, whale shark, giant oceanic manta ray

    3 species

  5. Squamata

    komodo dragon, king cobra, veiled chameleon

    3 species

  6. Crocodylia

    nile crocodile, american alligator

    2 species

  7. Perciformes

    common clownfish

    1 species

  8. Salmoniformes

    atlantic salmon

    1 species

  9. Testudines

    green turtle

    1 species

  10. Tetraodontiformes

    ocean sunfish

    1 species

Best-known members of Chordata

Ranked by popularity score.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae

LC, Least Concern
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Accipitridae

VU, Vulnerable
Lion (Panthera leo)

Lion

Panthera leo

Felidae

How threatened is Chordata?

47 of 48 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
CRCritically Endangered24%
ENEndangered715%
VUVulnerable1430%
NTNear Threatened49%
LCLeast Concern2043%

Where is Chordata recorded?

Species on file in this phylum with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Fiji: 8 speciesTanzania: 16 speciesW. Sahara: 8 speciesCanada: 27 speciesUnited States of America: 46 speciesKazakhstan: 10 speciesUzbekistan: 7 speciesPapua New Guinea: 8 speciesIndonesia: 18 speciesArgentina: 16 speciesChile: 13 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 13 speciesSomalia: 11 speciesKenya: 15 speciesSudan: 17 speciesChad: 11 speciesHaiti: 5 speciesDominican Rep.: 6 speciesRussia: 23 speciesBahamas: 6 speciesFalkland Is.: 5 speciesNorway: 17 speciesGreenland: 12 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 12 speciesTimor-Leste: 5 speciesSouth Africa: 27 speciesLesotho: 5 speciesMexico: 21 speciesUruguay: 11 speciesBrazil: 26 speciesBolivia: 7 speciesPeru: 14 speciesColombia: 14 speciesPanama: 15 speciesCosta Rica: 15 speciesNicaragua: 10 speciesHonduras: 8 speciesEl Salvador: 9 speciesGuatemala: 11 speciesBelize: 12 speciesVenezuela: 10 speciesGuyana: 6 speciesSuriname: 10 speciesFrance: 34 speciesEcuador: 15 speciesPuerto Rico: 8 speciesJamaica: 7 speciesCuba: 9 speciesZimbabwe: 12 speciesBotswana: 10 speciesNamibia: 25 speciesSenegal: 17 speciesMali: 9 speciesMauritania: 7 speciesBenin: 14 speciesNiger: 8 speciesNigeria: 18 speciesCameroon: 11 speciesTogo: 5 speciesGhana: 12 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 12 speciesGuinea: 9 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 7 speciesLiberia: 9 speciesSierra Leone: 10 speciesBurkina Faso: 5 speciesCentral African Rep.: 10 speciesCongo: 8 speciesGabon: 10 speciesEq. Guinea: 9 speciesZambia: 10 speciesMalawi: 10 speciesMozambique: 13 specieseSwatini: 7 speciesAngola: 12 speciesBurundi: 7 speciesIsrael: 21 speciesLebanon: 10 speciesMadagascar: 10 speciesPalestine: 8 speciesGambia: 8 speciesTunisia: 12 speciesAlgeria: 16 speciesJordan: 10 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 11 speciesQatar: 8 speciesKuwait: 9 speciesIraq: 10 speciesOman: 13 speciesVanuatu: 5 speciesCambodia: 6 speciesThailand: 17 speciesLaos: 7 speciesMyanmar: 12 speciesVietnam: 16 speciesNorth Korea: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 10 speciesMongolia: 10 speciesIndia: 24 speciesBangladesh: 10 speciesBhutan: 7 speciesNepal: 9 speciesPakistan: 12 speciesAfghanistan: 8 speciesTajikistan: 6 speciesKyrgyzstan: 6 speciesTurkmenistan: 4 speciesIran: 15 speciesSyria: 10 speciesArmenia: 9 speciesSweden: 25 speciesBelarus: 9 speciesUkraine: 17 speciesPoland: 17 speciesAustria: 16 speciesHungary: 12 speciesMoldova: 8 speciesRomania: 11 speciesLithuania: 12 speciesLatvia: 12 speciesEstonia: 16 speciesGermany: 40 speciesBulgaria: 13 speciesGreece: 12 speciesTurkey: 15 speciesAlbania: 10 speciesCroatia: 11 speciesSwitzerland: 14 speciesLuxembourg: 13 speciesBelgium: 24 speciesNetherlands: 30 speciesPortugal: 22 speciesSpain: 24 speciesIreland: 16 speciesNew Caledonia: 12 speciesSolomon Is.: 6 speciesNew Zealand: 16 speciesAustralia: 26 speciesSri Lanka: 11 speciesChina: 20 speciesTaiwan: 13 speciesItaly: 18 speciesDenmark: 29 speciesUnited Kingdom: 32 speciesIceland: 12 speciesAzerbaijan: 7 speciesGeorgia: 10 speciesPhilippines: 14 speciesMalaysia: 14 speciesBrunei: 5 speciesSlovenia: 12 speciesFinland: 22 speciesSlovakia: 11 speciesCzechia: 18 speciesEritrea: 6 speciesJapan: 38 speciesParaguay: 5 speciesYemen: 12 speciesSaudi Arabia: 13 speciesCyprus: 10 speciesMorocco: 17 speciesEgypt: 18 speciesLibya: 9 speciesEthiopia: 10 speciesDjibouti: 6 speciesUganda: 12 speciesRwanda: 9 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 9 speciesMacedonia: 8 speciesSerbia: 10 speciesMontenegro: 11 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 8 speciesS. Sudan: 10 species
  • None on record
  • 1–5
  • 6–9
  • 10–12
  • 13+
species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. United States46
  2. Germany40
  3. Japan38
  4. France34
  5. United Kingdom32
  6. Netherlands30
  7. Denmark29
  8. South Africa27
  9. Canada27
  10. Brazil26
  11. Australia26
  12. Namibia25
  13. Sweden25
  14. India24
  15. Spain24
  16. Belgium24
  17. Russia23
  18. Finland22
  19. Portugal22
  20. Mexico21

All species in Chordata

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded179
European robinErithacus rubeculaMuscicapidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded95
Red foxVulpes vulpesCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded91
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded168
Bald eagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusAccipitridaeLeast Concern4.74 kg20
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusFalconidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded229
LionPanthera leoFelidaeVulnerable157 kg63
Common kingfisherAlcedo atthisAlcedinidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded117
Common ostrichStruthio camelusStruthionidaeLeast Concern107.5 kg70
KoalaPhascolarctos cinereusPhascolarctidaeVulnerableNot recorded10
JaguarPanthera oncaFelidaeNear ThreatenedNot recorded30
TigerPanthera tigrisFelidaeEndangered150 kg35
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerableNot recorded79
Western barn owlTyto albaTytonidaeLeast Concern580 g181
Atlantic salmonSalmo salarSalmonidaeNear ThreatenedNot recorded52
Polar bearUrsus maritimusUrsidaeVulnerable450 kg12
Snowy owlBubo scandiacusStrigidaeVulnerableNot recorded38
CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidaeVulnerable37.6 kg39
Eurasian beaverCastor fiberCastoridaeLeast ConcernNot recorded36
PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinusOrnithorhynchidaeNear ThreatenedNot recorded5
Atlantic puffinFratercula arcticaAlcidaeVulnerable376 g34
Blue whaleBalaenoptera musculusBalaenopteridaeEndangeredNot recorded57
Emperor penguinAptenodytes forsteriSpheniscidaeNear ThreatenedNot recorded17
Northern giraffeGiraffa camelopardalisGiraffidaeVulnerableNot recorded32
Fire salamanderSalamandra salamandraSalamandridaeVulnerableNot recorded46
Great white sharkCarcharodon carchariasLamnidaeVulnerable1.09 t42
Green turtleChelonia mydasCheloniidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded149
Common frogRana temporariaRanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded54
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatusDelphinidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded121
Ocean sunfishMola molaMolidaeVulnerableNot recorded72
Whale sharkRhincodon typusRhincodontidaeEndangered12 t62
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangeredNot recorded47
ChimpanzeePan troglodytesHominidaeEndangeredNot recorded43
Scarlet macawAra macaoPsittacidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded46
Giant pandaAiluropoda melanoleucaUrsidaeVulnerable117.5 kg4
Wandering albatrossDiomedea exulansDiomedeidaeVulnerable8.19 kg33
Nile crocodileCrocodylus niloticusCrocodylidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded56
American alligatorAlligator mississippiensisAlligatoridaeLeast ConcernNot recorded13
Red kangarooMacropus rufusMacropodidaeNot recordedNot recorded5
King cobraOphiophagus hannahElapidaeVulnerableNot recorded22
Komodo dragonVaranus komodoensisVaranidaeEndangered70 kg5
AxolotlAmbystoma mexicanumAmbystomatidaeCritically EndangeredNot recorded11
Common vampire batDesmodus rotundusPhyllostomidaeLeast Concern32.5 g24
Giant oceanic manta rayMobula birostrisMyliobatidaeEndangeredNot recorded49
Common clownfishAmphiprion ocellarisPomacentridaeLeast ConcernNot recorded19
Eastern gorillaGorilla beringeiHominidaeCritically EndangeredNot recorded5
Dyeing dart frogDendrobates tinctoriusDendrobatidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded15
Veiled chameleonChamaeleo calyptratusChamaeleonidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded16