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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

Showing 20 species · Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves

Showing 20 species · Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves

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Not Evaluated

Fattailed Scorpion

Androctonus australis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Desert Locust

Schistocerca gregaria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Desert Monitor

Varanus griseus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Critically Endangered

Dama Gazelle

Nanger dama

HerbivoreDiurnalCritically Endangered
Least Concern

Sand Cat

Felis margarita

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

African Golden Wolf

Canis anthus

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Pale Fox

Vulpes pallida

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Vulnerable

Arabian Sand Gazelle

Gazella marica

HerbivoreCrepuscularVulnerable
Least Concern

Fennec Fox

Vulpes zerda

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Lesser Egyptian Jerboa

Jaculus jaculus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Relevancia
A – Z
AddaxCritically Endangered

Addax

Addax nasomaculatus

HerbivoreNocturnalIn herds
9 countries7 parks
Dorcas GazelleVulnerable

Dorcas Gazelle

Gazella dorcas

HerbivoreCrepuscularVulnerable
36 countries6 parks
Striped HyaenaNear Threatened

Striped Hyaena

Hyaena hyaena

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
76 countries16 parks
Desert Horned ViperLeast Concern

Desert Horned Viper

Cerastes cerastes

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
32 countries4 parks
Endangered

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
48 countries73 parks
Least Concern

Egyptian Cobra

Naja haje

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
68 countries36 parks
Not Evaluated

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
56 countries41 parks
Endangered

African Spurred Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary
43 countries17 parks
Least Concern

Phoorsa

Echis carinatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
39 countries24 parks
Least Concern

Cream-coloured Courser

Cursorius cursor

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
18 countries21 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
32 countries23 parks
71 countries29 parks
34 countries26 parks
12 countries8 parks
16 countries6 parks
17 countries27 parks
16 countries10 parks
22 countries12 parks
31 countries5 parks
34 countries26 parks