Way Off facts · 🐜 Life on Earth
How many species have scientists formally named and described?
2 million
species
2,000,000 exactly, give or take
Out of an estimated 8.7 million. We've catalogued less than a quarter of life on Earth.SOURCECatalogue of Life
Scale check: 2 million is roughly everyone in Birmingham.
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