How many species are there really?
Kingdom | Number of species (Total) | Number of species (Ocean) |
---|---|---|
Animals | 7,770,000 | 2,150,000 |
Chromists | 27,500 | 7400 |
Fungi | 611,000 | 5320 |
Plants | 298,000 | 16,600 |
- How many animals are there in the world 2020?
- How many animals are on the earth?
- How many animals are in the World 2021?
How many animals are there in the world 2020?
The natural world contains about 8.7 million species, according to a new estimate described by scientists as the most accurate ever. But the vast majority have not been identified - and cataloguing them all could take more than 1,000 years.
How many animals are on the earth?
About 8.7 million (give or take 1.3 million) is the new, estimated total number of species on Earth -- the most precise calculation ever offered -- with 6.5 million species on land and 2.2 million in oceans. Announced by the Census of Marine Life, the figure is based on a new analytical technique.
How many animals are in the World 2021?
Using a new technique based on scaling, ecologist Camilo Mora, a marine ecologist at the University of Hawaii, and his colleagues at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, have estimated the Earth is home to 8.7 billion species.