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According to IUCN 2004, the total number of plant and animal species described so far is slightly more than
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According to IUCN (2004), about 1.5 million species of plants and animals have been scientifically described so far.
The total number of species on Earth is estimated to be much higher (~8–10 million), but only ~1.5 million are formally recorded.
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