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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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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 31 species · Putorana Plateau

Showing 31 species · Putorana Plateau

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Dunlin

Calidris alpina

CarnivoreDiurnalIn herds

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Sable

Martes zibellina

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Arctic Charr

Salvelinus alpinus

CarnivoreFishFreshwater

Bearded Seal

Erignathus barbatus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Great Grey Owl

Strix nebulosa

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Bowhead Whale

Balaena mysticetus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Northern Hawk-Owl

Surnia ulula

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Northern Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellata

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Lapland Longspur

Calcarius lapponicus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrulus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Dotterel

Charadrius morinellus

InsectivoreDiurnalBird

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

InsectivoreDiurnalBird

Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Burbot

Lota lota

CarnivoreFishFreshwater

Siberian Salamander

Salamandrella keyserlingii

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Siberian Crane

Leucogeranus leucogeranus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Spotted Seal

Phoca largha

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Brown Bear

Ursus arctos

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

51 countries53 parks

Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus

OmnivoreVariable activityIn pairs

7 countries19 parks

Near Threatened

Beluga Whale

Delphinapterus leucas

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

9 countries21 parks2 dive sites

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus

HerbivoreVariable activityIn herds

9 countries16 parks

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

8 countries6 parks

Gray Wolf

Canis lupus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

61 countries76 parks

Ringed Seal

Pusa hispida

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean

11 countries18 parks2 dive sites

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

5 countries25 parks

Moose

Alces alces

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

15 countries57 parks

Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

12 countries25 parks

38 parks

33 parks

49 countries

28 parks

8 countries

11 parks

19 countries69 parks7 dive sites

9 countries17 parks1 dive site

15 countries29 parks

9 countries15 parks1 dive site

28 countries66 parks

16 countries86 parks

100 countries32 parks

45 countries41 parks

12 countries45 parks

12 countries83 parks

13 countries23 parks

30 countries26 parks

11 countries35 parks

34 countries105 parks

6 countries14 parks

8 countries7 parks

7 countries12 parks