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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 32 species · Cabo Pulmo

Showing 32 species · Cabo Pulmo

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Endangered

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Hump Coral

Porites lobata

CarnivoreColonialNear Threatened
Least Concern

Moorish Idol

Zanclus cornutus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Humboldt Squid

Dosidicus gigas

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Hydrophis platurus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity
Critically Endangered

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
Vulnerable

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

CarnivoreIn schoolsVulnerable
Least Concern

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Near Threatened

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

CarnivoreNear ThreatenedOcean
Least Concern

Pacific Sardine

Sardinops sagax

In schoolsFishOcean
Least Concern

Live Sharksucker

Echeneis naucrates

CarnivoreFishOcean
Least Concern

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

CarnivoreOceanMammal
Not Evaluated

California Seahare

Aplysia californica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Horn Shark

Heterodontus francisci

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Data Deficient

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia breviceps

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Common Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish
Least Concern

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Brandt's Cormorant

Phalacrocorax penicillatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Vulnerable

Scripps's Murrelet

Synthliboramphus scrippsi

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Relevancia
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Giant MantaEndangered

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
108 countries19 parks28 dive sites
Great BarracudaLeast Concern

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
113 countries34 parks266 dive sites
Blue-footed BoobyLeast Concern

Blue-footed Booby

Sula nebouxii

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial
10 countries13 parks2 dive sites
Lemon SharkVulnerable

Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
81 countries20 parks34 dive sites
Yellowfin TunaLeast Concern

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools
57 countries20 parks8 dive sites
Great HammerheadCritically Endangered

Great Hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
44 countries19 parks9 dive sites
Silky SharkVulnerable

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

CarnivoreVariable activityVulnerable
56 countries16 parks14 dive sites
Tiger SharkNear Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
57 countries27 parks23 dive sites
Californian Sea LionLeast Concern

Californian Sea Lion

Zalophus californianus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs
3 countries13 parks12 dive sites
Green MorayLeast Concern

Green Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
50 countries21 parks113 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
98 countries69 parks90 dive sites
68 countries33 parks254 dive sites
67 countries38 parks252 dive sites
87 countries89 parks7 dive sites
13 countries17 parks15 dive sites
51 countries13 parks19 dive sites
41 countries37 parks105 dive sites
47 countries17 parks18 dive sites
45 countries39 parks15 dive sites
57 countries41 parks14 dive sites
56 countries50 parks9 dive sites
10 countries14 parks22 dive sites
123 countries75 parks365 dive sites
57 countries13 parks16 dive sites
2 countries6 parks7 dive sites
2 countries6 parks11 dive sites
37 countries28 parks
110 countries65 parks
43 countries19 parks
6 countries53 parks
3 countries13 parks
2 countries5 parks