Which animal order has the most species?
Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
Diptera (flies)
Coleoptera (beetles)
rodents
Almost 25% of all known types of animal life-forms are beetles. About 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 400,000 species), and new species are discovered frequently. It is widely accepted that the total number of all beetles species (including the undescribed ones) is higher than one million.
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Answers by country
Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
Diptera (flies)
Coleoptera (beetles)
rodents
answers
Australia37
Switzerland20
Germany232
Canada21
Austria54
Indonesia10
the United States363
the United Kingdom117
Greece13
Pakistan25
Unknown15
Republic of Ireland10
Poland10097
the Philippines15
the Netherlands12
India185
Malaysia11
France10