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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 49 species · Swiss National Park

Showing 49 species · Swiss National Park

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Arctic Charr

Salvelinus alpinus

CarnivoreFishFreshwater

Near Threatened

Red Wood Ant

Formica rufa

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Peacock

Aglais io

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

NectarivoreDiurnalColonial

Eurasian Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

German Wasp

Vespula germanica

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Rosalia Longicorn

Rosalia alpina

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Rose Chafer

Cetonia aurata

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Green Drake

Ephemera danica

DiurnalSolitaryInsect

Golden Ground Beetle

Carabus auratus

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus vespilloides

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Common Clubtail

Gomphus vulgatissimus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

NocturnalSolitaryTemperate forest

Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Pine Marten

Martes martes

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Pygmy White-toothed Shrew

Suncus etruscus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

European Mole

Talpa europaea

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Northern Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Least Weasel

Mustela nivalis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Sand Lizard

Lacerta agilis

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Viviparous Lizard

Zootoca vivipara

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Ring Ouzel

Turdus torquatus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Eurasian Common Shrew

Sorex araneus

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

Alpine Ibex

Capra ibex

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Eurasian Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium passerinum

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Eurasian Water Shrew

Neomys fodiens

PiscivoreNocturnalSolitary

Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

HerbivoreCrepuscularIn herds

53 countries66 parks

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

72 countries109 parks

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

17 countries26 parks

Alpine Salamander

Salamandra atra

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

12 countries8 parks

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

81 countries73 parks

Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

52 countries60 parks

Stoat

Mustela erminea

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

49 countries24 parks

Mountain Hare

Lepus timidus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

17 countries4 parks

Alpine Marmot

Marmota marmota

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

12 countries16 parks

Powan

Coregonus lavaretus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

19 countries77 parks7 dive sites

19 countries69 parks7 dive sites

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45 countries167 parks

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