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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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Showing 236 species · Guyana

Showing 236 species · Guyana

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Lowland Tapir

Tapirus terrestris

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Critically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Green Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

HerbivoreVariable activityIn herds

Amazon River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Blue-And-Yellow Macaw

Ara ararauna

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Harpy Eagle

Harpia harpyja

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Giant Anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Critically Endangered

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Carcharhinus longimanus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Olive Ridley

Lepidochelys olivacea

OmnivoreDiurnalVariable activity

Spectacled Caiman

Caiman crocodilus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

CarnivoreVariable activityVulnerable

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

PiscivoreDiurnalFamily group

Near Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Green Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Atlantic Humpback Dolphin

Sousa teuszii

CarnivoreDiurnalCritically Endangered

Nine-banded Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Black Caiman

Melanosuchus niger

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Toco Toucan

Ramphastos toco

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Chilean Hermit Crab

Pagurus edwardsii

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean

Giant Armadillo

Priodontes maximus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Red-tailed Boa

Boa constrictor

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Amazonian Manatee

Trichechus inunguis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Red-faced Black Spider Monkey

Ateles paniscus

FrugivoreDiurnalFamily group

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

Colombian Red Howler Monkey

Alouatta seniculus

HerbivoreDiurnalRainforest

Near Threatened

Crested Eagle

Morphnus guianensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Lowland Paca

Cuniculus paca

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs

White-Lipped Peccary

Tayassu pecari

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Guianan Cock-Of-The-Rock

Rupicola rupicola

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Red-breasted Toucan

Ramphastos dicolorus

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalOcean

Blue Marlin

Makaira nigricans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Spurdog

Squalus acanthias

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Near Threatened

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Hexanchus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

NocturnalSolitaryEndangered

Greater Argonaut

Argonauta argo

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Risso's Dolphin

Grampus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalIn herds

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Portuguese Man-of-war

Physalia physalis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Long-spined Urchin

Diadema antillarum

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Asian Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Spot-fin Porcupinefish

Diodon hystrix

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Atlantic Spadefish

Chaetodipterus faber

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Man-of-war Fish

Nomeus gronovii

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

CarnivoreVulnerableFish

Crevalle Jack

Caranx hippos

CarnivoreColonialFish

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

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Haarder

Mugil cephalus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Near Threatened

Southern Stingray

Hypanus americanus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Cobia

Rachycentron canadum

CarnivoreSolitaryFish

Near Threatened

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

CarnivoreNear ThreatenedOcean

Southern Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

InsectivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Live Sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates

CarnivoreFishOcean

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

CarnivoreOceanMammal

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Blackbar Soldierfish

Myripristis jacobus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Atlantic Goliath Grouper

Epinephelus itajara

CarnivoreVulnerableFish

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Rainbow Boa

Epicrates cenchria

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Scarlet Ibis

Eudocimus ruber

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Plum-throated Cotinga

Cotinga maynana

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Hyacinth Macaw

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Hoatzin

Opisthocomus hoazin

HerbivoreDiurnalCrepuscular

Jabiru

Jabiru mycteria

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-Footed Tortoise

Chelonoidis carbonarius

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

South American Bushmaster

Lachesis muta

CarnivoreNocturnalCrepuscular

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

Electric Eel

Electrophorus electricus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Ogrefaced Spider

Deinopis spinosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Amazonian Wandering Spider

Phoneutria fera

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Emerald Tree Boa

Corallus caninus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia breviceps

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Horned Screamer

Anhima cornuta

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Amazonian Giant Centipede

Scolopendra gigantea

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Titan Beetle

Titanus giganteus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Leaf-cutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Army Ant

Eciton burchellii

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Banded Leporinus

Leporinus fasciatus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Blue Morpho

Morpho peleides

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Oscar

Astronotus ocellatus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn pairs

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

South American Lungfish

Lepidosiren paradoxa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Mission Golden-eyed Treefrog

Trachycephalus resinifictrix

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Cachama

Colossoma macropomum

OmnivoreColonialNear Threatened

Goliath Birdeater Tarantula

Theraphosa blondi

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cardinal Tetra

Paracheirodon axelrodi

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Pram Bug

Phronima sedentaria

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean

Arapaima

Arapaima gigas

CarnivoreSolitaryFish

Dwarf Sperm Whale

Kogia sima

CarnivoreFamily groupOcean

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Bullet Ant

Paraponera clavata

OmnivoreColonialInsect

Northern Caiman Lizard

Dracaena guianensis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Yellow-Crowned Amazon

Amazona ochrocephala

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Giant Ameiva

Ameiva ameiva

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Vampire Fish

Vandellia cirrhosa

CarnivoreFishFreshwater

Cascabel Rattlesnake

Crotalus durissus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

InsectivoreDiurnalVariable activity

Near Threatened

Spectral Bat

Vampyrum spectrum

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Black Tegu

Tupinambis teguixin

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Mata Mata

Chelus fimbriata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Rufous Frog

Leptodactylus fuscus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Ocellate Freshwater Stingray

Potamotrygon motoro

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common House Gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Northern Pygmy Marmoset

Cebuella pygmaea

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Critically Endangered

Giant South American River Turtle

Podocnemis expansa

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

CarnivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Water Opossum

Chironectes minimus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Gray Four-Eyed Opossum

Philander opossum

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Rio Cauca Caecilian

Typhlonectes natans

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Crimson Topaz

Topaza pella

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Guianan Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri sciureus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds

Northern Night Monkey

Aotus trivirgatus

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Southern Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus didactylus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Dyeing Poison Frog

Dendrobates tinctorius

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Bearded Caecilia

Caecilia tentaculata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish

Northern Tiger Cat

Leopardus tigrinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal

Common Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Amazon Naked-tailed Armadillo

Cabassous unicinctus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Cacicus cela

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red Brocket

Mazama americana

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Carollia perspicillata

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Greater Sac-Winged Bat

Saccopteryx bilineata

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

White-faced Saki

Pithecia pithecia

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

White-bearded Manakin

Manacus manacus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Silky Anteater

Cyclopes didactylus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Grey-winged Trumpeter

Psophia crepitans

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Bush Dog

Speothos venaticus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Ladyfish

Elops saurus

CarnivoreColonialFish

Pale-Throated Three-Toed Sloth

Bradypus tridactylus

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

150 countries70 parks400 dive sites

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

134 countries46 parks104 dive sites

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

109 countries29 parks45 dive sites

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

92 countries18 parks75 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

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

128 countries5 parks13 dive sites

Near Threatened

Jaguar

Panthera onca

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries58 parks

Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao

FrugivoreDiurnalIn pairs

20 countries22 parks

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group

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