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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

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species
3PeruCritically EndangeredEndangered

Conservation

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Showing 19 species · Peru · Critically Endangered · Endangered

Showing 19 species · Peru · Critically Endangered · Endangered

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Critically Endangered

Giant South American River Turtle

Podocnemis expansa

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
Endangered

Short-tailed Chinchilla

Chinchilla chinchilla

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Endangered

Common Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds
Endangered

Black-and-chestnut Eagle

Spizaetus isidori

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Endangered

Black Spider Monkey

Ateles chamek

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds
Critically Endangered

Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix flavicauda

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal
Critically Endangered

Waved Albatross

Phoebastria irrorata

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Endangered

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Chinchilla lanigera

HerbivoreNocturnalIn herds
Endangered

Marvelous Spatuletail

Loddigesia mirabilis

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary
Relevancia
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Blue WhaleEndangered

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries5 parks13 dive sites
Amazon River DolphinEndangered

Amazon River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
11 countries9 parks
Giant OtterEndangered

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

PiscivoreDiurnalFamily group
11 countries21 parks
Basking SharkEndangered

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries35 parks33 dive sites
Titicaca Water FrogCritically Endangered

Titicaca Water Frog

Telmatobius culeus

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal
7 countries1 dive site
Andean CatEndangered

Andean Cat

Leopardus jacobita

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
7 countries6 parks
Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
128 countries48 parks120 dive sites
Endangered

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

CarnivoreEndangeredOcean
42 countries46 parks4 dive sites
Endangered

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries73 parks30 dive sites
Endangered

Mountain Tapir

Tapirus pinchaque

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary
7 countries12 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
12 countries9 parks
4 countries5 parks
11 countries10 parks
6 countries32 parks
3 countries9 parks
1 country4 parks
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