A large percentage of the island's known species of animals have been collected; but, admittedly, half of the collecting was done during the Japanese occupation.
台大植物、動物標本館，擁有目前台灣百分之九十的植物及百分之七十的魚類種類的標本；成功中學則是蝴蝶標本館的重鎮。但無可諱言，其中有一半以上是日據時代留下來的。