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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

Conservation

Showing 24 species · Bhitarkanika

Showing 24 species · Bhitarkanika

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Least Concern

Giant River Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Kerengga Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina

OmnivoreDiurnalInsect
Least Concern

Common Krait

Bungarus caeruleus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Endangered

Hog Deer

Axis porcinus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Vulnerable

Oriental Small-clawed Otter

Aonyx cinereus

CarnivoreDiurnalFamily group
Least Concern

Western Russel’s Viper

Daboia russelii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Giant River-catfish

Mystus seenghala

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Indian Cobra

Naja naja

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary
Least Concern

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

InsectivoreDiurnalBird
Vulnerable

Fishing Cat

Prionailurus viverrinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Large Flying-fox

Pteropus giganteus

FrugivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Snakehead Murrel

Channa striata

CarnivoreFishFreshwater
Least Concern

Climbing Perch

Anabas testudineus

OmnivoreFishFreshwater
Critically Endangered

Northern River Terrapin

Batagur baska

OmnivoreDiurnalNocturnal
Relevancia
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Irrawaddy DolphinEndangered

Irrawaddy Dolphin

Orcaella brevirostris

CarnivoreDiurnalEndangered
10 countries11 parks5 dive sites
Indo-Pacific Humpback DolphinVulnerable

Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin

Sousa chinensis

CarnivoreVulnerableOcean
23 countries10 parks28 dive sites
Water BuffaloNot Evaluated

Water Buffalo

Bubalus bubalis

HerbivoreVariable activityIn herds
11 countries17 parks
Not Evaluated

Common Water Monitor

Varanus salvator

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
20 countries72 parks44 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
72 countries32 parks186 dive sites
Least Concern

Banded Archerfish

Toxotes jaculatrix

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
15 countries26 parks17 dive sites
Least Concern

Dorab Wolf Herring

Chirocentrus dorab

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
61 countries37 parks109 dive sites
Least Concern

Monocled Cobra

Naja kaouthia

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
17 countries20 parks
Vulnerable

King Cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
16 countries57 parks
Not Evaluated

Burmese Python

Python bivittatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
17 countries20 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
32 countries12 parks
21 countries28 parks
8 countries36 parks
10 countries13 parks
16 countries56 parks
12 countries39 parks
7 countries8 parks
11 countries37 parks
30 countries26 parks
19 countries16 parks
8 countries35 parks
16 countries18 parks
15 countries15 parks
8 countries2 parks