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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

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Showing 24 species · Celaque

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Least Concern

Fleischmann's Glass Frog

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Water Opossum

Chironectes minimus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Gray Four-Eyed Opossum

Philander opossum

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Eyelash Viper

Bothriechis schlegelii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Mexican Caecilian

Dermophis mexicanus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Northern Tamandua

Tamandua mexicana

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Carollia perspicillata

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Central American Woolly Opossum

Caluromys derbianus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander

Bolitoglossa mexicana

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Kinkajou

Potos flavus

FrugivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Mountain Trogon

Trogon mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Relevancia
A – Z
Least Concern

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
16 countries71 parks
Least Concern

Common Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
11 countries44 parks
Least Concern

Tungara Frog

Physalaemus pustulosus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial
11 countries45 parks
Least Concern

Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group
19 countries41 parks
Least Concern

Amazonian Motmot

Momotus momota

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
13 countries44 parks
Least Concern

Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
20 countries107 parks
Least Concern

Brown-throated Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
9 countries56 parks
Least Concern

Greater Bulldog Bat

Noctilio leporinus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
18 countries57 parks
Least Concern

Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
16 countries68 parks
Least Concern

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
14 countries47 parks
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Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
11 countries45 parks
15 countries66 parks
16 countries84 parks
19 countries77 parks
16 countries76 parks
10 countries41 parks
7 countries10 parks
12 countries46 parks
15 countries40 parks
18 countries79 parks
10 countries40 parks
4 countries7 parks
12 countries61 parks
5 countries25 parks