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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 27 species · Islas y Áreas Protegidas del Golfo de California

Showing 27 species · Islas y Áreas Protegidas del Golfo de California

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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
Not Evaluated

California Seahare

Aplysia californica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Horn Shark

Heterodontus francisci

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Juan Fernandez Fur Seal

Arctocephalus philippii

CarnivoreColonialOcean
Critically Endangered

Sunflower Sea Star

Pycnopodia helianthoides

CarnivoreSolitaryCritically Endangered
Least Concern

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Data Deficient

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia breviceps

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Common Chuckwalla

Sauromalus ater

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Gila Woodpecker

Melanerpes uropygialis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Brandt's Cormorant

Phalacrocorax penicillatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Vulnerable

Scripps's Murrelet

Synthliboramphus scrippsi

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Critically Endangered

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

CarnivoreSolitaryCritically Endangered
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Blue-footed BoobyLeast Concern

Blue-footed Booby

Sula nebouxii

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial
10 countries13 parks2 dive sites
Great HammerheadCritically Endangered

Great Hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
44 countries19 parks9 dive sites
Californian Sea LionLeast Concern

Californian Sea Lion

Zalophus californianus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs
3 countries13 parks12 dive sites
Endangered

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
98 countries69 parks90 dive sites
Near Threatened

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
87 countries89 parks7 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Humboldt Squid

Dosidicus gigas

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
13 countries17 parks15 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
51 countries13 parks19 dive sites
Least Concern

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Hydrophis platurus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity
41 countries37 parks105 dive sites
Critically Endangered

Scalloped Hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools
47 countries17 parks18 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
Vulnerable

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

CarnivoreIn schoolsVulnerable
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
2 countries6 parks7 dive sites
2 countries6 parks11 dive sites
3 countries4 parks3 dive sites
3 countries11 parks12 dive sites
37 countries28 parks
110 countries65 parks
8 countries24 parks
3 countries17 parks
6 countries53 parks
3 countries13 parks
3 countries13 parks
2 countries5 parks
1 country1 park