SPECIES SUM
05/08/2026 |
The Friday File: The number of identified and named species totals 2.17 million. 1 million are insects, 369,000 are flowering plants, 157,648 are mushrooms, 97,085 are arachnids, 37,288 are fishes, and 21,925 are mosses. 12,502 are Reptiles, 11,185 are birds, 8,918 are amphibians, and finally, 6,815 are mammals. Scientists believe this is a vast undercount and that there are minimally millions and millions more.