Mexico

Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families

This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in Mexico 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 fishess, and POWO (2024) 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.

Setchellanthaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Costacaridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Mesostigmata)

Typhlochactidae 4 gen. 10 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Scorpiones)

Anchialocarididae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca) 2017

Hoffmanobolidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Diplopoda Spirobolida)

Typhlobolellidae 5 gen. 6 spp. (Arthropoda Diplopoda Spirobolida)

Xyronotidae 2 gen. 4 spp. (Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera)

Bipedidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Chordata Reptiles )

Echinichidae 1 gen. 3 spp. (Mollusca Gastropoda )