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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 22 species · Kona (buceo nocturno con mantarrayas)

Showing 22 species · Kona (buceo nocturno con mantarrayas)

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Least Concern

Tropical Two-wing Flyingfish

Exocoetus volitans

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish
Least Concern

Blainville's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

CarnivoreFamily groupOcean
Least Concern

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

CarnivoreOceanMammal
Least Concern

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Near Threatened

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

CarnivoreNear ThreatenedOcean
Least Concern

Live Sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates

CarnivoreFishOcean
Least Concern

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

CarnivoreOceanMammal
Least Concern

Yellow Tang

Zebrasoma flavescens

HerbivoreDiurnalFish
Least Concern

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Data Deficient

Hawaiian Bobtail

Euprymna scolopes

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Neomonachus schauinslandi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Hawaiian Black Coral

Antipathes griggi

CarnivoreColonialOcean
Relevancia
A – Z
Green TurtleEndangered

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary
150 countries70 parks400 dive sites
Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
134 countries46 parks104 dive sites
Giant MantaEndangered

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
108 countries19 parks28 dive sites
Reef Manta RayVulnerable

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

DiurnalVulnerableFish
59 countries35 parks141 dive sites
Hawksbill TurtleCritically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
114 countries51 parks376 dive sites
Galapagos SharkLeast Concern

Galapagos Shark

Carcharhinus galapagensis

CarnivoreColonialFish
22 countries9 parks23 dive sites
Tiger SharkNear Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
57 countries27 parks23 dive sites
Least Concern

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalOcean
83 countries41 parks47 dive sites
Least Concern

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
56 countries4 parks222 dive sites
Least Concern

Spot-fin Porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
57 countries39 parks232 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
124 countries66 parks365 dive sites
161 countries59 parks5 dive sites
88 countries18 parks80 dive sites
57 countries41 parks14 dive sites
56 countries50 parks9 dive sites
123 countries75 parks365 dive sites
57 countries13 parks16 dive sites
35 countries3 parks9 dive sites
30 countries40 parks11 dive sites
1 country3 parks3 dive sites
1 country3 parks3 dive sites
1 country1 park3 dive sites