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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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Lowland Paca

Cuniculus paca

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs

White-Lipped Peccary

Tayassu pecari

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Central American Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Black and Gold Howler Monkey

Alouatta caraya

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

White-nosed Coati

Nasua narica

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Alligator Gar

Atractosteus spatula

CarnivoreFishFreshwater

Tungara Frog

Physalaemus pustulosus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

CarnivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis grossa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Owl Butterfly

Caligo eurilochus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Amazonian Motmot

Momotus momota

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

HerbivoreSolitaryInsect

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

CarnivoreDiurnalInsect

Mayan Melipona

Melipona beecheii

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Military Macaw

Ara militaris

HerbivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Near Threatened

Jaguar

Panthera onca

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries58 parks

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

25 countries137 parks

Near Threatened

Keel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos sulfuratus

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

10 countries13 parks

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

12 countries40 parks

Morelet's Crocodile

Crocodylus moreletii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

8 countries5 parks2 dive sites

King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

18 countries5 parks

Great Curassow

Crax rubra

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

10 countries5 parks

Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries55 parks

Jaguarundi

Herpailurus yagouaroundi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

21 countries4 parks

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries77 parks

6 parks

20 countries

15 parks

9 countries

20 parks

6 countries

10 parks

10 countries

22 parks

22 countries11 parks

43 countries95 parks

21 countries103 parks

11 countries44 parks

3 countries18 parks2 dive sites

11 countries45 parks

36 countries66 parks

12 countries38 parks

35 countries54 parks

10 countries39 parks

17 countries26 parks

18 countries68 parks

44 countries70 parks

38 countries67 parks

13 countries78 parks

13 countries44 parks

45 countries76 parks

20 countries107 parks

52 countries62 parks

18 countries71 parks

8 countries39 parks

12 countries18 parks

7 countries44 parks

37 countries58 parks

42 countries80 parks