How many animal species are there altogether?
We can estimate the number of known animal species but a total figure is impossible because we can’t count the unknoxms. Vlhat’s more, when Andy says that there are at least a million known species, it does not mean that your faithful reporter is shirking his homework. Far from it. The .fabulous sciences are very. complex and the work of science researchers is very involved. Naturally you hope for an exact figure but this is too much to expect. ‘Neat and easy answers are rare and hard to find and usually inaccurate. Some authorities estimate the number of known animal species to be as high as one and a quarter million. Others give an even higher figure. host stay on the safe side and say that there are at least one million. None of these answers is lazy or sloppy and certainly there is no intention to be dishonest. Nobody can give a perfectly precise count because, for one thing, more species are discovered continuously. What’s more, identification and classification call for highly co
