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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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Showing 50 species · Sierra del Lacandón

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Not Evaluated

Army Ant

Eciton burchellii

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Owl Butterfly

Caligo eurilochus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary
Not Evaluated

Blue Morpho

Morpho peleides

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Amazonian Motmot

Momotus momota

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Bullet Ant

Paraponera clavata

OmnivoreColonialInsect
Not Evaluated

Mayan Melipona

Melipona beecheii

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
Near Threatened

Spectral Bat

Vampyrum spectrum

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Greater Bulldog Bat

Noctilio leporinus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Fleischmann's Glass Frog

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Water Opossum

Chironectes minimus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Gray Four-Eyed Opossum

Philander opossum

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Crested Guan

Penelope purpurascens

HerbivoreDiurnalBird
Least Concern

Emerald Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

OmnivoreDiurnalBird
Least Concern

Eyelash Viper

Bothriechis schlegelii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Mexican Caecilian

Dermophis mexicanus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Near Threatened

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal
Least Concern

Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat

Glossophaga soricina

NectarivoreNocturnalColonial
Least Concern

Pallas's Mastiff Bat

Molossus molossus

InsectivoreCrepuscularColonial
Least Concern

Northern Tamandua

Tamandua mexicana

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary
Least Concern

Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hispidus

HerbivoreNocturnalVariable activity
Least Concern

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
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Spectacled OwlLeast Concern

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
20 countries77 parks
Least Concern

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
16 countries71 parks
Least Concern

Common Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
11 countries44 parks
Least Concern

Tungara Frog

Physalaemus pustulosus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial
11 countries45 parks
Least Concern

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
36 countries66 parks
Not Evaluated

Ogrefaced Spider

Deinopis spinosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
47 countries109 parks
Least Concern

Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group
19 countries41 parks
Not Evaluated

Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
22 countries73 parks
Not Evaluated

Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
44 countries70 parks
Not Evaluated

Leaf-cutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
20 countries82 parks
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