Brazil: Fauna

Total Number of Identified Living Species: 169,179

(These numbers are derived from various field resources whose numbers vary but are similar.  These numbers are authoritative through available data. Primary sources are: UNEP – Megadiverse Brazil and State University of Campinas- Institute of Biology & Environmental Studies and Research) 

• Identified Fauna: 115,569 species – about 1.33% of the world’s ~8.7 million animal species.
  • Invertebrates – 105,565
    • 83,716 insects 
    • 6,844 arachnids
    • 2,885 crustaceans
    • 3,164 mollusks
    • 8,956 others (includes worms, coral, aquatic organisms, and others)
  • Vertebrates – 10,004
    • 4,802 fishes
    • 1,924 birds
    • 720 mammals
    • 764 reptiles
    • 1,024 amphibians
    • 770 others