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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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1Maldives

Conservation

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Showing 132 species · Maldives

Showing 132 species · Maldives

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Sperm WhaleVulnerable

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group
Hawksbill TurtleCritically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Great BarracudaLeast Concern

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Loggerhead TurtleVulnerable

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Great White SharkVulnerable

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Leatherback Sea TurtleVulnerable

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Giant ClamCritically Endangered

Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Grey Reef SharkEndangered

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Humphead WrasseEndangered

Humphead Wrasse

Cheilinus undulatus

CarnivoreSolitaryEndangered
Nurse SharkVulnerable

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Yellowfin TunaLeast Concern

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools
GrayfishVulnerable

Grayfish

Alopias vulpinus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Olive RidleyVulnerable

Olive Ridley

Lepidochelys olivacea

OmnivoreDiurnalVariable activity
Blue SharkNear Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Basking SharkEndangered

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Tiger SharkNear Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Sooty TernLeast Concern

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Chilean Hermit CrabNot Evaluated

Chilean Hermit Crab

Pagurus edwardsii

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Masked BoobyLeast Concern

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Brown BoobyLeast Concern

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Atlantic White TernLeast Concern

Atlantic White Tern

Gygis alba

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalOcean
Vulnerable

Coconut Crab

Birgus latro

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Hump Coral

Porites lobata

CarnivoreColonialNear Threatened
Least Concern

Moorish Idol

Zanclus cornutus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Vulnerable

Spurdog

Squalus acanthias

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Near Threatened

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

Hexanchus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Ritteri Anemone

Heteractis magnifica

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Spotted Garden Eel

Heteroconger hassi

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
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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
Killer WhaleEndangered

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
109 countries29 parks45 dive sites
Whale SharkEndangered

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
92 countries18 parks75 dive sites
Staghorn CoralCritically Endangered

Staghorn Coral

Acropora cervicornis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
94 countries18 parks82 dive sites
DugongVulnerable

Dugong

Dugong dugon

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary
46 countries16 parks41 dive sites
Giant MantaEndangered

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
108 countries19 parks28 dive sites
Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
155 countries83 parks364 dive sites
Blue WhaleEndangered

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries5 parks13 dive sites
Reef Manta RayVulnerable

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

DiurnalVulnerableFish
59 countries35 parks141 dive sites
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