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Welcome to Wikispecies! A free directory of life

Wikispecies is a free site of species. It covers Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other kinds of life. So far we have 132,334 articles.

Wikispecies is free, because life is public domain!

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See Wikipedia on taxonomy for help on the Linnaean classification of species.
See the Village pump to talk about the project.
See the done and to do page for to see goals.
See Wikispecies FAQ for answers to questions that are asked a lot.
See the image rules on where to upload pictures and images.
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Superregnum Archaea
Superregnum Bacteria
Superregnum Eukarya
- Regnum Protista
- Regnum Fungi
- Regnum Plantae
- Regnum Animalia

Virus (classification still unclear)

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