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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

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American Crocodile

Crocodylus acutus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Harpy Eagle

Harpia harpyja

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial

Giant Anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Panulirus argus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Olive Ridley

Lepidochelys olivacea

OmnivoreDiurnalVariable activity

Near Threatened

Keel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos sulfuratus

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Spectacled Caiman

Caiman crocodilus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Mantled Howler Monkey

Alouatta palliata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Baird's Tapir

Tapirus bairdii

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Caribbean Reef Shark

Carcharhinus perezi

CarnivoreNocturnalEndangered

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Morelet's Crocodile

Crocodylus moreletii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

American Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Green Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Nine-banded Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Green Basilisk

Basiliscus plumifrons

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Red-eyed Treefrog

Agalychnis callidryas

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Chilean Hermit Crab

Pagurus edwardsii

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean

Red-tailed Boa

Boa constrictor

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Great Green Macaw

Ara ambiguus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Great Curassow

Crax rubra

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Neotropical Otter

Lontra longicaudis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Collared Peccary

Pecari tajacu

OmnivoreVariable activityIn herds

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Jaguarundi

Herpailurus yagouaroundi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Near Threatened

Crested Eagle

Morphnus guianensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Atlantic White Tern

Gygis alba

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Lowland Paca

Cuniculus paca

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs

White-Lipped Peccary

Tayassu pecari

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Central American Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Black and Gold Howler Monkey

Alouatta caraya

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

White-nosed Coati

Nasua narica

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Blue Marlin

Makaira nigricans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Grooved Brain Coral

Diploria labyrinthiformis

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial

West Indian Manatee

Trichechus manatus

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Hexanchus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Kemp's Ridley

Lepidochelys kempii

CarnivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Common Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina

CarnivoreColonialOcean

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

NocturnalSolitaryEndangered

Greater Argonaut

Argonauta argo

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Risso's Dolphin

Grampus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalIn herds

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Florida Stone Crab

Menippe mercenaria

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Moon Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Portuguese Man-of-war

Physalia physalis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Long-spined Urchin

Diadema antillarum

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Bearded Fireworm

Hermodice carunculata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Grey Snapper

Lutjanus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Red Lionfish

Pterois volitans

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Queen Parrotfish

Scarus vetula

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Foureye Butterflyfish

Chaetodon capistratus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Atlantic Spadefish

Chaetodipterus faber

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Man-of-war Fish

Nomeus gronovii

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

CarnivoreVulnerableFish

Little Tunny

Euthynnus alletteratus

CarnivoreColonialFish

Great Land Crab

Cardisoma guanhumi

OmnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Queen Conch

Lobatus gigas

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Branching Fire Coral

Millepora alcicornis

CarnivoreColonialOcean

Azure Vase Sponge

Callyspongia plicifera

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean

Crevalle Jack

Caranx hippos

CarnivoreColonialFish

Upside-down Jellyfish

Cassiopea andromeda

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Flat Tree Oyster

Isognomon alatus

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Tropical Two-wing Flyingfish

Exocoetus volitans

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish

Atlantic Pyrosomes

Pyrosoma atlanticum

OmnivoreColonialOcean

Black Margate

Anisotremus surinamensis

CarnivoreNocturnalFish

Cookie Cutter Shark

Isistius brasiliensis

CarnivoreNocturnalFish

Blainville's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

CarnivoreFamily groupOcean

Haarder

Mugil cephalus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Near Threatened

Southern Stingray

Hypanus americanus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

CarnivoreSolitaryFish

Live Sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates

CarnivoreFishOcean

Blackbar Soldierfish

Myripristis jacobus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Atlantic Goliath Grouper

Epinephelus itajara

CarnivoreVulnerableFish

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Critically Endangered

Smalltooth Sawfish

Pristis pectinata

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Amazona aestiva

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Jabiru

Jabiru mycteria

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Tungara Frog

Physalaemus pustulosus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Ogrefaced Spider

Deinopis spinosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis grossa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia breviceps

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Giant African Snail

Lissachatina fulica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Leaf-cutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Army Ant

Eciton burchellii

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Owl Butterfly

Caligo eurilochus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Blue Morpho

Morpho peleides

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Pram Bug

Phronima sedentaria

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean

Dwarf Sperm Whale

Kogia sima

CarnivoreFamily groupOcean

Sea Biscuit

Clypeaster rosaceus

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Bullet Ant

Paraponera clavata

OmnivoreColonialInsect

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

CarnivoreDiurnalInsect

Mayan Melipona

Melipona beecheii

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Cuban Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cascabel Rattlesnake

Crotalus durissus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Spectral Bat

Vampyrum spectrum

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Greater Bulldog Bat

Noctilio leporinus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Fleischmann's Glass Frog

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common House Gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

CarnivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Water Opossum

Chironectes minimus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Gray Four-Eyed Opossum

Philander opossum

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Crested Guan

Penelope purpurascens

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Common Opossum

Didelphis marsupialis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish

Strawberry Poison Frog

Oophaga pumilio

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus passerinii

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Mexican Caecilian

Dermophis mexicanus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal

Northern Tamandua

Tamandua mexicana

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hispidus

HerbivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

150 countries70 parks400 dive sites

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

134 countries46 parks104 dive sites

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

92 countries18 parks75 dive sites

Critically Endangered

Staghorn Coral

Acropora cervicornis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

94 countries18 parks82 dive sites

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

108 countries19 parks28 dive sites

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

155 countries83 parks364 dive sites

Near Threatened

Jaguar

Panthera onca

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries58 parks

Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao

FrugivoreDiurnalIn pairs

20 countries22 parks

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

PiscivoreDiurnalSolitary

97 countries24 parks1 dive site

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group

154 countries38 parks20 dive sites

16 countries

19 parks

5 dive sites

114 countries

51 parks

376 dive sites

113 countries

34 parks

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57 countries

31 parks

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67 countries

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50 countries

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