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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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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Conservation

Showing 41 species · Channel Islands National Park

Showing 41 species · Channel Islands National Park

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Short-beaked Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

Grayfish

Alopias vulpinus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Giant Pacific Octopus

Enteroctopus dofleini

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

Near Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Californian Sea Lion

Zalophus californianus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

Humboldt Squid

Dosidicus gigas

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Risso's Dolphin

Grampus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalIn herds

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Ghost Shrimp

Caprella linearis

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Mediterranean Mussel

Mytilus galloprovincialis

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Atlantic Pyrosomes

Pyrosoma atlanticum

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

CarnivoreOceanMammal

Pacific Sardine

Sardinops sagax

In schoolsFishOcean

Sea Nettle

Chrysaora fuscescens

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Ochre Stars

Pisaster ochraceus

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean

California Seahare

Aplysia californica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Critically Endangered

Red Abalone

Haliotis rufescens

HerbivoreSolitaryCritically Endangered

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Northern Fur Seal

Callorhinus ursinus

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Horn Shark

Heterodontus francisci

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Juan Fernandez Fur Seal

Arctocephalus philippii

CarnivoreColonialOcean

Critically Endangered

Sunflower Sea Star

Pycnopodia helianthoides

CarnivoreSolitaryCritically Endangered

Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Pacific Oyster

Crassostrea gigas

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

134 countries46 parks104 dive sites

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

109 countries29 parks45 dive sites

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

155 countries83 parks364 dive sites

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

128 countries5 parks13 dive sites

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

49 countries4 parks28 dive sites

Gray Whale

Eschrichtius robustus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

8 countries8 parks13 dive sites

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

68 countries31 parks16 dive sites

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

118 countries6 parks18 dive sites

Northern Elephant Seal

Mirounga angustirostris

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

3 countries4 parks5 dive sites

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

24 countries32 parks50 dive sites

42 countries

5 parks

94 dive sites

68 countries

75 parks

21 dive sites

19 countries

18 parks

31 dive sites

7 countries

14 parks

15 dive sites

5 countries

6 parks

5 dive sites

128 countries

73 parks

41 dive sites

128 countries

35 parks

33 dive sites

3 countries

13 parks

12 dive sites

13 countries17 parks15 dive sites

161 countries59 parks91 dive sites

111 countries69 parks127 dive sites

26 countries62 parks28 dive sites

16 countries39 parks44 dive sites

55 countries38 parks117 dive sites

161 countries56 parks108 dive sites

128 countries48 parks120 dive sites

88 countries18 parks80 dive sites

10 countries14 parks22 dive sites

3 countries10 parks12 dive sites

3 countries10 parks12 dive sites

2 countries6 parks7 dive sites

128 countries73 parks30 dive sites

2 countries4 parks6 dive sites

30 countries40 parks11 dive sites

5 countries9 parks3 dive sites

2 countries6 parks11 dive sites

3 countries4 parks3 dive sites

3 countries11 parks12 dive sites

50 countries104 dive sites

54 countries109 dive sites