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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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Least Concern

Skipjack

Katsuwonus pelamis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Portuguese Man-of-war

Physalia physalis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Blainville's Beaked Whale

Mesoplodon densirostris

CarnivoreFamily groupOcean
Least Concern

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

CarnivoreOceanMammal
Near Threatened

False Killer Whale

Pseudorca crassidens

CarnivoreNear ThreatenedOcean
Least Concern

Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

Stenella attenuata

CarnivoreOceanMammal
Least Concern

Yellow Tang

Zebrasoma flavescens

HerbivoreDiurnalFish
Data Deficient

Hawaiian Bobtail

Euprymna scolopes

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Endangered

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Neomonachus schauinslandi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Data Deficient

Pygmy Sperm Whale

Kogia breviceps

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Dwarf Sperm Whale

Kogia sima

CarnivoreFamily groupOcean
Least Concern

Common House Gecko

Hemidactylus frenatus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Common Dolphinfish

Coryphaena hippurus

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish
Least Concern

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

InsectivoreDiurnalBird
Not Evaluated

Hawaiian Black Coral

Antipathes griggi

CarnivoreColonialOcean
Endangered

Hawaiian Petrel

Pterodroma sandwichensis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Relevancia
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Giant MantaEndangered

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary
108 countries19 parks28 dive sites
Sperm WhaleVulnerable

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group
154 countries38 parks20 dive sites
Great BarracudaLeast Concern

Great Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
113 countries34 parks266 dive sites
Galapagos SharkLeast Concern

Galapagos Shark

Carcharhinus galapagensis

CarnivoreColonialFish
22 countries9 parks23 dive sites
Yellowfin TunaLeast Concern

Yellowfin Tuna

Thunnus albacares

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools
57 countries20 parks8 dive sites
GrayfishVulnerable

Grayfish

Alopias vulpinus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
68 countries75 parks21 dive sites
Silky SharkVulnerable

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

CarnivoreVariable activityVulnerable
56 countries16 parks14 dive sites
Tiger SharkNear Threatened

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
57 countries27 parks23 dive sites
Sooty TernLeast Concern

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
76 countries17 parks2 dive sites
Least Concern

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

CarnivoreNocturnalOcean
83 countries41 parks47 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
56 countries4 parks222 dive sites
157 countries53 parks209 dive sites
161 countries59 parks5 dive sites
88 countries18 parks80 dive sites
56 countries50 parks9 dive sites
57 countries13 parks16 dive sites
35 countries3 parks9 dive sites
1 country3 parks3 dive sites
70 countries15 parks1 dive site
1 country3 parks3 dive sites
110 countries65 parks
151 countries57 parks
101 countries28 parks
68 countries15 parks
43 countries19 parks
30 countries26 parks
1 country1 park3 dive sites
1 country3 parks