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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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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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1Carnivore

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Showing 986 species · Carnivore

Showing 986 species · Carnivore

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Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

American Alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Near Threatened

Narwhal

Monodon monoceros

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group

American Crocodile

Crocodylus acutus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Leopard

Panthera pardus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Critically Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Lion

Panthera leo

Big FiveCarnivoreCrepuscular

Near Threatened

Chilean Flamingo

Phoenicopterus chilensis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Leopard Seal

Hydrurga leptonyx

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Andean Condor

Vultur gryphus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Bengal Tiger

Panthera tigris tigris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Green Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Komodo Dragon

Varanus komodoensis

EndemicCarnivoreDiurnal

Weddell Seal

Leptonychotes weddellii

CarnivoreColonialOcean

Near Threatened

Beluga Whale

Delphinapterus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

Magellanic Penguin

Spheniscus magellanicus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Amazon River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Northern Elephant Seal

Mirounga angustirostris

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Iberian Lynx

Lynx pardinus

EndemicCarnivoreCrepuscular

Southern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomophora

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Near Threatened

Harpy Eagle

Harpia harpyja

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Critically Endangered

European Eel

Anguilla anguilla

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

109 countries29 parks45 dive sites

Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn herds

9 countries14 parks1 dive site

Critically Endangered

Staghorn Coral

Acropora cervicornis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

94 countries18 parks82 dive sites

Southern Elephant Seal

Mirounga leonina

CarnivoreVariable activityIn herds

13 countries20 parks4 dive sites

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

155 countries83 parks364 dive sites

King Penguin

Aptenodytes patagonicus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

12 countries6 parks1 dive site

Near Threatened

Jaguar

Panthera onca

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries58 parks

Snow Leopard

Panthera uncia

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

14 countries22 parks

Southern Right Whale

Eubalaena australis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

21 countries8 parks16 dive sites

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

45 countries57 parks2 dive sites

9 countries

4 parks

1 dive site

1 country

4 parks

2 dive sites

8 countries

12 parks

1 dive site

154 countries

38 parks

20 dive sites

16 countries

19 parks

5 dive sites

114 parks

32 countries

14 parks

15 dive sites

34 countries

8 parks

33 dive sites

114 countries

51 parks

376 dive sites

52 parks

10 countries

9 parks

113 countries

34 parks

266 dive sites

6 countries

17 parks

3 dive sites

94 countries

7 parks

174 dive sites

7 countries

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7 countries

21 parks

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12 parks

68 countries

31 parks

16 dive sites

1 country

1 park

1 dive site

6 countries

23 parks

3 dive sites

9 countries

21 parks

2 dive sites

10 countries

6 parks

3 dive sites

11 countries

9 parks

118 countries

6 parks

18 dive sites

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4 parks

5 dive sites

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5 parks

1 dive site

20 countries

33 parks

17 countries

19 parks

62 countries

4 parks

89 dive sites