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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Conservation

Showing 42 species · Yellowstone National Park

Showing 42 species · Yellowstone National Park

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American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Marmota flaviventris

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Trumpeter Swan

Cygnus buccinator

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

American Beaver

Castor canadensis

HerbivoreNocturnalFamily group

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

HerbivoreSolitaryInsect

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

CarnivoreDiurnalInsect

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Roosevelt Elk

Cervus canadensis

HerbivoreCrepuscularIn herds

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

American Mink

Neovison vison

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black-Capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Bighorn Sheep

Ovis canadensis

HerbivoreDiurnalDesert

Cinereus Shrew

Sorex cinereus

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

Brown Bear

Ursus arctos horribilis

OmnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Mountain Goat

Oreamnos americanus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Brown Bear

Ursus arctos

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

51 countries53 parks

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

PiscivoreDiurnalSolitary

97 countries24 parks1 dive site

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

25 countries137 parks

Gray Wolf

Canis lupus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

61 countries76 parks

Near Threatened

American Bison

Bison bison

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

3 countries5 parks

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

PiscivoreDiurnalIn pairs

3 countries36 parks

North American River Otter

Lontra canadensis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

3 countries17 parks4 dive sites

Moose

Alces alces

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

15 countries57 parks

Coyote

Canis latrans

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

4 countries41 parks

Pronghorn

Antilocapra americana

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

3 countries8 parks

3 countries

41 parks

2 countries

35 parks

2 countries

9 parks

2 countries

4 parks

8 countries75 parks2 dive sites

43 countries95 parks

21 countries103 parks

11 countries105 parks

8 countries57 parks

52 countries62 parks

18 countries71 parks

8 countries58 parks

35 countries65 parks

7 countries88 parks

12 countries24 parks

42 countries80 parks

12 countries36 parks

3 countries61 parks

3 countries57 parks

2 countries46 parks

26 countries108 parks

2 countries59 parks

3 countries24 parks

3 countries38 parks

3 countries70 parks

3 countries79 parks

3 countries11 parks

2 countries31 parks

2 countries26 parks

2 countries17 parks