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Numbers of species:
As a guide the numbers of identified species can be broken down as follows:
287,655 plants, including: 15,000 mosses, 13,025 ferns, 980 gymnosperms,
199,350 dicotyledons, 59,300 monocotyledons; 74,000-120,000 fungi;
10,000 lichens;
1,250,000 animals, including: 1,190,200 invertebrates: 950,000 insects,
70,000 molluscs, 40,000 crustaceans, 130,200 others; 58,808 vertebrates:
29,300 fish, 5,743 amphibians, 8,240 reptiles, 9,934 birds, 5,416 mammals.
However the total number of species is thought to be much higher.
These are all held in the big Ark we call Earth.
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