Brazil

Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families

This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in Brazil is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020) for mammals, del Hoyo & Collar (2014 & 2016) for birds, the Reptile Database (2018) for reptiles, AmphibiaWeb (2018) for amphibians, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023) for fishes, and Mabberley (2017) for vascular plants. Invertebrates are based on Zhang (2013), Zhang (2011), and Roskov et al. (2014) depending on the group. Families described after these sources are indicated by the year of description. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Arecoidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Annelida Clitellata )  2023

Tiguassuidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Annelida Clitellata )

Brazilobatidae (formerly known as Pterobatidae or Salvidae) 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Sarcoptiformes)

Brasileirinidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Magnovidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)  2020

Dobrodesmidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Diplopoda Polydesmida)  2016

Jurasaidae 2 gen. 5 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera)  2020

Melanemerellidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Ephemeroptera)

Neotheoridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera)

Bahiaxenidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Strepsiptera)

Bouchardiidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Brachiopoda Rhynchonellata )

Jebramellidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Bryozoa Gymnolaemata )  2014

Tapajosellidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Bryozoa Phylactolaemata )  2017

Cyclorhamphidae 3 gen. 37 spp. (Chordata Amphibians)

Neblinaphrynidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Amphibians)  2023

Tarumaniidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Chordata Actinopteri Characiformes)

Plusculidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )

Euryleptididae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Platyhelminthes Rhabditophora )

Acanthocollaritrematidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Platyhelminthes Trematoda )

Braunotrematidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Platyhelminthes Trematoda )