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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

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Not Evaluated

Redback

Latrodectus hasselti

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Japanese Serow

Capricornis crispus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Raccoon Dog

Nyctereutes procyonoides

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Near Threatened

Japanese Black Salamander

Hynobius nigrescens

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Japanese Badger

Meles anakuma

CarnivoreOmnivoreNocturnal
Relevancia
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Humpback WhaleLeast Concern

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
134 countries46 parks104 dive sites
Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
155 countries83 parks364 dive sites
Sika DeerLeast Concern

Sika Deer

Cervus nippon

HerbivoreCrepuscularIn herds
7 countries8 parks
Japanese MacaqueLeast Concern

Japanese Macaque

Macaca fuscata

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group
5 countries18 parks
Least Concern

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
35 countries29 parks7 dive sites
Least Concern

Pond Slider

Trachemys scripta

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
79 countries25 parks4 dive sites
Least Concern

Mountain Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus nipalensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
11 countries25 parks
Least Concern

Warbling White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
10 countries28 parks
Near Threatened

Japanese Fire-bellied Newt

Cynops pyrrhogaster

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
5 countries14 parks
Least Concern

Japanese Robin

Larvivora akahige

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary
6 countries21 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
3 countries57 parks
5 countries14 parks
21 countries39 parks
1 country17 parks
1 country14 parks