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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

Showing 14 species · Ballestas Islands

Showing 14 species · Ballestas Islands

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Least Concern

South American Fur Seal

Arctocephalus australis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Peruvian Booby

Sula variegata

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Near Threatened

Guanay Cormorant

Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Near Threatened

Peruvian Pelican

Pelecanus thagus

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial
Relevancia
A – Z
Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
134 countries46 parks104 dive sites
Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
155 countries83 parks364 dive sites
Humboldt PenguinVulnerable

Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus humboldti

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial
2 countries6 parks2 dive sites
Blue SharkNear Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries73 parks41 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Humboldt Squid

Dosidicus gigas

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
13 countries17 parks15 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
51 countries13 parks19 dive sites
Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
128 countries48 parks120 dive sites
Least Concern

Pacific Sardine

Sardinops sagax

In schoolsFishOcean
10 countries14 parks22 dive sites
Least Concern

South American Sea Lion

Otaria flavescens

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
9 countries13 parks6 dive sites
Endangered

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries73 parks30 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
6 countries19 parks4 dive sites
3 countries5 parks2 dive sites
2 countries4 parks2 dive sites
3 countries6 parks1 dive site