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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 22 species · Sanriku Fukko

Showing 22 species · Sanriku Fukko

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Endangered

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

CarnivoreEndangeredOcean
Least Concern

Pacific Sardine

Sardinops sagax

In schoolsFishOcean
Not Evaluated

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish
Least Concern

Dall's Porpoise

Phocoenoides dalli

CarnivoreOceanPolar
Not Evaluated

Japanese Pufferfish

Takifugu rubripes

CarnivoreSolitaryFish
Least Concern

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

Ziphius cavirostris

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Vulnerable

Northern Fur Seal

Callorhinus ursinus

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial
Not Evaluated

Japanese Sea Lily

Metacrinus rotundus

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Least Concern

Baird's Beaked Whale

Berardius bairdii

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs
Not Evaluated

Giant Spider Crab

Macrocheira kaempferi

OmnivoreOceanCrustacean
Endangered

North Pacific Right Whale

Eubalaena japonica

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
Not Evaluated

Largehead Hairtail

Trichiurus lepturus

CarnivoreFishOcean
Relevancia
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Sperm WhaleVulnerable

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group
154 countries38 parks20 dive sites
Giant Pacific OctopusLeast Concern

Giant Pacific Octopus

Enteroctopus dofleini

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
7 countries14 parks15 dive sites
Blue SharkNear Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
128 countries73 parks41 dive sites
Least Concern

Risso's Dolphin

Grampus griseus

CarnivoreNocturnalIn herds
161 countries59 parks91 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Spanner Crab

Ranina ranina

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
61 countries35 parks105 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Moon Jellyfish

Aurelia aurita

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
111 countries69 parks127 dive sites
Least Concern

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
26 countries62 parks28 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Immortal Jellyfish

Turritopsis dohrnii

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
12 countries35 parks61 dive sites
Least Concern

Striped Dolphin

Stenella coeruleoalba

CarnivoreOceanMammal
88 countries18 parks80 dive sites
Least Concern

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary
57 countries41 parks14 dive sites
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
42 countries46 parks4 dive sites
10 countries14 parks22 dive sites
9 countries22 parks7 dive sites
5 countries14 parks8 dive sites
5 countries8 parks3 dive sites
30 countries40 parks11 dive sites
5 countries9 parks3 dive sites
1 country5 parks2 dive sites
5 countries7 parks1 dive site
5 countries3 parks2 dive sites
4 countries5 parks
47 countries43 parks