How do you know that 90% of species are undiscovered if they are undiscovered? how do you know they are there if you haven’t discovered them yet?

Question

Everyone keeps saying its like a list, how does that work?? Do you have like a pokedex where the undiscovered species appear in grey or something like that???

In: Biology

Answer 1

Go out and look for animals or plants or whatever

Find 100 different types

90 types were previously unknown

Go out and look for animals or plants or whatever

Find 100 different types

90 types were previously unknown

Go out and look for animals or plants or whatever

Find 100 different types

90 types were previously unknown

Go out and…