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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 49 species · Carlsbad Caverns

Showing 49 species · Carlsbad Caverns

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Not Evaluated

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis grossa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

HerbivoreSolitaryInsect
Not Evaluated

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

CarnivoreDiurnalInsect
Least Concern

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Turkish Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hispidus

HerbivoreNocturnalVariable activity
Least Concern

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary
Least Concern

Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi

InsectivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Mohave Rattlesnake

Crotalus scutulatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Bark Scorpion

Centruroides sculpturatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds
Least Concern

Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary
Critically Endangered

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Tadarida brasiliensis

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Big Brown Bat

Eptesicus fuscus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Southern Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Great Black Digger Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Pallipes Windscorpion

Eremobates pallipes

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Giant Vinegaroon

Mastigoproctus giganteus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Brown Recluse

Loxosceles reclusa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Ringtail

Bassariscus astutus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

HerbivoreCrepuscularTemperate forest
Not Evaluated

Southern Unstriped Scorpion

Vaejovis carolinianus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Cave Cricket

Pristoceuthophilus rhoadsi

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
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PumaLeast Concern

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary
25 countries137 parks
Collared PeccaryLeast Concern

Collared Peccary

Pecari tajacu

OmnivoreVariable activityIn herds
21 countries14 parks
Gray FoxLeast Concern

Gray Fox

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
5 countries21 parks
American BadgerLeast Concern

American Badger

Taxidea taxus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
3 countries5 parks
Least Concern

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
43 countries95 parks
Least Concern

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
21 countries103 parks
Least Concern

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
11 countries105 parks
Least Concern

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
30 countries21 parks
Least Concern

Eastern Milksnake

Lampropeltis triangulum

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
12 countries38 parks
Least Concern

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
35 countries54 parks
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