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
Australia
37
Switzerland
20
Germany
222
Canada
21
Austria
53
the United States
349
Greece
13
the United Kingdom
112
Pakistan
25
Unknown
15
Republic of Ireland
10
the Netherlands
10
Poland
10035
the Philippines
15
India
183
Malaysia
11