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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

1,331

Parks with species

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Conservation

Showing 28 species · Tijuca

Showing 28 species · Tijuca

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Not Evaluated

Amazonian Wandering Spider

Phoneutria fera

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Leaf-cutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Army Ant

Eciton burchellii

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Owl Butterfly

Caligo eurilochus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary
Not Evaluated

Blue Morpho

Morpho peleides

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Water Opossum

Chironectes minimus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Gray Four-eyed Opossum

Philander opossum

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Vulnerable

Northern Tiger Cat

Leopardus tigrinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Not Evaluated

Huntsman Spider

Heteropoda venatoria

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo

Cabassous unicinctus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Carollia perspicillata

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

White-bearded Manakin

Manacus manacus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Black-and-white Tegu

Tupinambis merianae

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Painted Coral Snake

Micrurus corallinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Common Marmoset

Callithrix jacchus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group
Large predators194species
Giants of nature57species
Threatened species515species
Nocturnal wildlife772species
Big cats39species
Polar wildlife74species
Endemic species6species
The Big Five6species
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Southern TamanduaLeast Concern

Southern Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

InsectivoreNocturnalVariable activity
12 countries67 parks
Great KiskadeeLeast Concern

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
16 countries71 parks
Rainbow BoaLeast Concern

Rainbow Boa

Epicrates cenchria

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
12 countries64 parks
Giant African SnailNot Evaluated

Giant African Snail

Lissachatina fulica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
106 countries51 parks
Common Vampire BatLeast Concern

Common Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
20 countries107 parks
Brown-throated SlothLeast Concern

Brown-throated Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
9 countries56 parks
JararacaLeast Concern

Jararaca

Bothrops jararaca

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
7 countries16 parks
Common OpossumLeast Concern

Common Opossum

Didelphis marsupialis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
37 countries22 parks
South American CoatiLeast Concern

South American Coati

Nasua nasua

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds
5 countries36 parks
Southern MuriquiCritically Endangered

Southern Muriqui

Brachyteles arachnoides

HerbivoreDiurnalCritically Endangered
1 country6 parks
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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.

15 countries54 parks
22 countries73 parks
20 countries82 parks
19 countries72 parks
13 countries78 parks
20 countries27 parks
19 countries77 parks
16 countries76 parks
8 countries61 parks
7 countries41 parks
4 countries18 parks
9 countries48 parks
18 countries79 parks
13 countries60 parks
19 countries40 parks
6 countries41 parks
5 countries19 parks
1 country6 parks