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An African elephant, seen in full, standing 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

1,332

Parks with species

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Large predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNocturnal wildlife772speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 14 species · Ballestas Islands

Showing 14 species · Ballestas Islands

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Peruvian PelicanNear Threatened

Peruvian Pelican

Pelecanus thagus

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial
Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Least Concern

Pacific Sardine

Sardinops sagax

In schoolsFishOcean
Endangered

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Relevancia
A – Z
Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
134 countries45 parks104 dive sites
Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
155 countries81 parks364 dive sites
South American Sea LionLeast Concern

South American Sea Lion

Otaria flavescens

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
9 countries13 parks6 dive sites
Humboldt PenguinVulnerable

Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus humboldti

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial
2 countries6 parks2 dive sites
Humboldt SquidNot Evaluated

Humboldt Squid

Dosidicus gigas

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
13 countries17 parks15 dive sites
Sally Lightfoot CrabNot Evaluated

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
51 countries13 parks19 dive sites
Blue SharkNear Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries73 parks41 dive sites
South American Fur SealLeast Concern

South American Fur Seal

Arctocephalus australis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
6 countries19 parks4 dive sites
Peruvian BoobyLeast Concern

Peruvian Booby

Sula variegata

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
3 countries5 parks2 dive sites
Guanay CormorantNear Threatened

Guanay Cormorant

Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
2 countries4 parks2 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
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Endangered

About this catalogue

Each species profile brings together what the animal is and where it can be seen: its classification and conservation status, its size, weight and lifespan, its diet and activity pattern, and the countries, parks and dive sites where its presence is documented. Taxonomy and common names come from GBIF and conservation status from the IUCN Red List; how we build our profiles explains every source and what we do when a fact is missing.

3 countries
6 parks
1 dive site
128 countries48 parks120 dive sites
10 countries14 parks22 dive sites
128 countries73 parks30 dive sites