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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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Pond Slider

Trachemys scripta

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Spiny Softshell Turtle

Apalone spinifera

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

CarnivoreCrepuscularFish

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Alligator Gar

Atractosteus spatula

CarnivoreFishFreshwater

Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis grossa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Garden Tiger

Arctia caja

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

HerbivoreSolitaryInsect

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

CarnivoreDiurnalInsect

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Turkish Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Acorn Woodpecker

Melanerpes formicivorus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hispidus

HerbivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi

InsectivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Mohave Rattlesnake

Crotalus scutulatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

57 countries31 parks

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

25 countries137 parks

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

72 countries109 parks

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

10 countries28 parks7 dive sites

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

5 countries25 parks

Collared Peccary

Pecari tajacu

OmnivoreVariable activityIn herds

21 countries14 parks

Coyote

Canis latrans

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

4 countries41 parks

Gray Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

5 countries21 parks

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

3 countries41 parks

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

3 countries30 parks4 dive sites

79 countries25 parks4 dive sites

3 countries28 parks7 dive sites

22 countries38 parks7 dive sites

43 countries95 parks

21 countries103 parks

11 countries105 parks

30 countries21 parks

3 countries18 parks2 dive sites

12 countries38 parks

35 countries54 parks

17 countries26 parks

18 countries68 parks

44 countries70 parks

38 countries67 parks

60 countries16 parks

52 countries62 parks

18 countries71 parks

46 countries46 parks

35 countries65 parks

12 countries18 parks

37 countries44 parks

10 countries81 parks

37 countries58 parks

1 country17 parks1 dive site

5 countries38 parks

4 countries28 parks

11 countries54 parks

6 countries55 parks

3 countries12 parks

3 countries13 parks