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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
3RussiaCritically EndangeredEndangered

Conservation

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Showing 21 species · Russia · Critically Endangered · Endangered

Showing 21 species · Russia · Critically Endangered · Endangered

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Critically Endangered

Beluga

Huso huso

CarnivoreSolitaryCritically Endangered
Critically Endangered

Sturgeon

Acipenser sturio

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

Freshwater Pearl Mussel

Margaritifera margaritifera

OmnivoreColonialEndangered
Critically Endangered

European Mink

Mustela lutreola

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

European Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal
Endangered

Blakiston's Eagle-owl

Bubo blakistoni

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Critically Endangered

Siberian Crane

Leucogeranus leucogeranus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Critically Endangered

Common Hamster

Cricetus cricetus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

North Pacific Right Whale

Eubalaena japonica

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Endangered

Marbled Murrelet

Brachyramphus marmoratus

CarnivoreCrepuscularIn pairs
Endangered

Russian Desman

Desmana moschata

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
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Blue WhaleEndangered

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries5 parks13 dive sites
European EelCritically Endangered

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
62 countries4 parks89 dive sites
Sea OtterEndangered

Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs
5 countries6 parks5 dive sites
Basking SharkEndangered

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries35 parks33 dive sites
TigerEndangered

Tiger

Panthera tigris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
18 countries8 parks
Bactrian CamelCritically Endangered

Bactrian Camel

Camelus bactrianus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds
11 countries5 parks
Endangered

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

CarnivoreColonialEndangered
9 countries15 parks5 dive sites
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
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Reptiles
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Endangered
14 countries9 parks1 dive site
42 countries13 parks
42 countries87 parks
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8 countries7 parks
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5 countries