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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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North Atlantic Right Whale

Eubalaena glacialis

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Komodo Dragon

Varanus komodoensis

EndemicCarnivoreDiurnal

Emperor Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri

Flightless birdPiscivoreDiurnal

Amazon River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Iberian Lynx

Lynx pardinus

EndemicCarnivoreCrepuscular

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Thunnus thynnus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Irrawaddy Dolphin

Orcaella brevirostris

CarnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Humphead Wrasse

Cheilinus undulatus

CarnivoreSolitaryEndangered

Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Baird's Tapir

Tapirus bairdii

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Caribbean Reef Shark

Carcharhinus perezi

CarnivoreNocturnalEndangered

Grevy's Zebra

Equus grevyi

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

Proboscis Monkey

Nasalis larvatus

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

PiscivoreDiurnalFamily group

Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Reticulated Giraffe

Giraffa reticulata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Ganges River Dolphin

Platanista gangetica

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Antarctic Fur Seal

Arctocephalus gazella

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Red Coral

Corallium rubrum

CarnivoreColonialEndangered

Martial Eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Dhole

Cuon alpinus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

African Wild Dog

Lycaon pictus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn packs

Grey Parrot

Psittacus erithacus

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Malayan Tapir

Tapirus indicus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Tiger

Panthera tigris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Water Buffalo

Bubalus bubalis

HerbivoreVariable activityIn herds

Sunda Gharial

Tomistoma schlegelii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Patagonian Huemul

Hippocamelus bisulcus

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Long-tailed Macaque

Macaca fascicularis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds

Giant Pangolin

Smutsia gigantea

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Western Red Colobus

Piliocolobus badius

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Andean Cat

Leopardus jacobita

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Lar Gibbon

Hylobates lar

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Siamang

Symphalangus syndactylus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Southern Cassowary

Casuarius casuarius

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Alpine Musk Deer

Moschus chrysogaster

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Central American Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Southern Darwin's Frog

Rhinoderma darwinii

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Choeropsis liberiensis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Southern River Otter

Lontra provocax

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Kea

Nestor notabilis

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Eastern Quoll

Dasyurus viverrinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus narinari

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Smooth-hound

Mustelus mustelus

CarnivoreNocturnalIn schools

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

NocturnalSolitaryEndangered

Dusky Perch

Epinephelus marginatus

CarnivoreSolitaryEndangered

Spiny Butterfly Ray

Gymnura altavela

CarnivoreSolitaryEndangered

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

CarnivoreColonialEndangered

Golden Sandfish

Holothuria scabra

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

CarnivoreEndangeredOcean

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Blanding's Turtle

Emydoidea blandingii

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Hector's Dolphin

Cephalorhynchus hectori

CarnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Neomonachus schauinslandi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

White-clawed Crayfish

Austropotamobius pallipes

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Giant Slippery Frog

Conraua goliath

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

African Spurred Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Large Flying-fox

Pteropus vampyrus

FrugivoreNocturnalColonial

Freshwater Pearl Mussel

Margaritifera margaritifera

OmnivoreColonialEndangered

Gulper Shark

Centrophorus granulosus

CarnivoreSolitaryEndangered

Angular Roughshark

Oxynotus centrina

CarnivoreSolitaryEndangered

Northern Bald Ibis

Geronticus eremita

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Banteng

Bos javanicus

HerbivoreNocturnalEndangered

Hog Deer

Axis porcinus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Macaca nemestrina

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Mountain Tapir

Tapirus pinchaque

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Southeast Asian Box Turtle

Cuora amboinensis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Bengal Slow Loris

Nycticebus bengalensis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Grey-Headed Albatross

Thalassarche chrysostoma

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Cape Gannet

Morus capensis

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Short-tailed Chinchilla

Chinchilla chinchilla

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Agile Gibbon

Hylobates agilis

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Tree Pangolin

Phataginus tricuspis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Green Peafowl

Pavo muticus

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered

European Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Blakiston's Eagle-owl

Bubo blakistoni

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Takhi

Equus przewalskii

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Megadyptes antipodes

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Oriental Stork

Ciconia boyciana

PiscivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Beisa Oryx

Oryx beisa

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Hispaniolan Solenodon

Solenodon paradoxus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Aye-aye

Daubentonia madagascariensis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Masai Giraffe

Giraffa tippelskirchi

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Phayre’s Leaf-monkey

Trachypithecus phayrei

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Greater Slow Loris

Nycticebus coucang

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Red-capped Mangabey

Cercocebus torquatus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds

Indian Pangolin

Manis crassicaudata

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Purple Frog

Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black-and-chestnut Eagle

Spizaetus isidori

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Drill

Mandrillus leucophaeus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds

Barbary Macaque

Macaca sylvanus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Chacoan Peccary

Catagonus wagneri

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Pig-Nosed Turtle

Carettochelys insculpta

OmnivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Pileated Gibbon

Hylobates pileatus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Whooping Crane

Grus americana

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

North Pacific Right Whale

Eubalaena japonica

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Cyren's Rock Lizard

Iberolacerta cyreni

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Ring-tailed Lemur

Lemur catta

PrimateEndemicOmnivore

Galapagos Fur Seal

Arctocephalus galapagoensis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Galapagos Sea Lion

Zalophus wollebaeki

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Greater Glider

Petauroides volans

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Marsupial Frog

Gastrotheca ovifera

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Darwin's Fox

Lycalopex fulvipes

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Acerodon jubatus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Yellow Cardinal

Gubernatrix cristata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Preuss’s Monkey

Allochrocebus preussi

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Hispid Hare

Caprolagus hispidus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Marbled Murrelet

Brachyramphus marmoratus

CarnivoreCrepuscularIn pairs

Black Spider Monkey

Ateles chamek

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Spectacled Flying Fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Cuvier's Hutia

Plagiodontia aedium

HerbivoreNocturnalEndangered

Madeira Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus maderensis

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Helmeted Curassow

Pauxi pauxi

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Horned Guan

Oreophasis derbianus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Javan Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus bartelsi

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Abbott's Duiker

Cephalophus spadix

HerbivoreNocturnalVariable activity

New Zealand Kaka

Nestor meridionalis

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Javan Surili

Presbytis comata

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey

Rhinopithecus roxellana

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Lion-tailed Macaque

Macaca silenus

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Canary Shrew

Crocidura canariensis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Queensland Lungfish

Neoceratodus forsteri

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

South Island Takahe

Porphyrio hochstetteri

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Hispaniolan Rhinoceros Iguana

Cyclura cornuta

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Galapagos Penguin

Spheniscus mendiculus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red Slender Loris

Loris tardigradus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Udzungwa Red Colobus

Piliocolobus gordonorum

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Hawaiian Petrel

Pterodroma sandwichensis

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Pyrenean Frog

Rana pyrenaica

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Milne-Edward's Sifaka

Propithecus edwardsi

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Volcano Rabbit

Romerolagus diazi

HerbivoreCrepuscularColonial

Lau Banded Iguana

Brachylophus fasciatus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

Lowland Anoa

Bubalus depressicornis

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

Ethiopian Wolf

Canis simensis

CarnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Santa Marta Parakeet

Pyrrhura viridicata

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Hatinh Langur

Trachypithecus hatinhensis

HerbivoreDiurnalEndangered

Black Snub-nosed Monkey

Rhinopithecus bieti

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Bonobo

Pan paniscus

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Chinchilla lanigera

HerbivoreNocturnalIn herds

Guadalupe Junco

Junco insularis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing

Ornithoptera alexandrae

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Puerto Rican Nightjar

Antrostomus noctitherus

InsectivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Lilford's Wall Lizard

Podarcis lilfordi

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Asiatic Lion

Panthera leo persica

CarnivoreNocturnalIn packs

Yellow-shouldered Blackbird

Agelaius xanthomus

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Udzungwa Forest-partridge

Xenoperdix udzungwensis

OmnivoreDiurnalEndangered

Lord Howe Woodhen

Gallirallus sylvestris

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Elfin Woods Warbler

Setophaga angelae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Shenandoah Salamander

Plethodon shenandoah

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Coquerel's Sifaka

Propithecus coquereli

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Cuban Solenodon

Solenodon cubanus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Walia Ibex

Capra walie

HerbivoreDiurnalCrepuscular

Norfolk Parakeet

Cyanoramphus cookii

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Abbott's Booby

Papasula abbotti

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Aldabra Flying-fox

Pteropus aldabrensis

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Kagu

Rhynochetos jubatus

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal

Chinese Crocodile Lizard

Shinisaurus crocodilurus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Weakfish

Cynoscion regalis

CarnivoreColonialEndangered

Grand Cayman Blue Iguana

Cyclura lewisi

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Boeseman's Rainbowfish

Melanotaenia boesemani

OmnivoreIn schoolsEndangered

Russian Desman

Desmana moschata

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

150 countries70 parks400 dive sites

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

109 countries29 parks45 dive sites

Whale Shark

Rhincodon typus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

92 countries18 parks75 dive sites

Giant Manta

Mobula birostris

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

108 countries19 parks28 dive sites

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

128 countries5 parks13 dive sites

African Savanna Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Big FiveHerbivoreVariable activity

43 countries58 parks

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

49 countries4 parks28 dive sites

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

24 countries19 parks

Asian Elephant

Elephas maximus

HerbivoreVariable activityIn herds

19 countries27 parks

Bengal Tiger

Panthera tigris tigris

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

7 countries21 parks

13 countries

12 parks

6 dive sites

1 country

1 park

1 dive site

6 countries

10 parks

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2 countries

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33 countries

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82 dive sites

10 countries

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59 countries

20 parks

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61 countries

13 parks

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9 countries

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102 dive sites

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29 countries

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43 countries

6 parks

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13 countries

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14 countries34 parks52 dive sites

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20 countries23 parks22 dive sites

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59 countries35 parks234 dive sites

42 countries46 parks4 dive sites

128 countries73 parks30 dive sites

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48 countries73 parks

12 countries23 parks

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42 countries87 parks

21 countries37 parks

24 countries10 parks

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15 countries25 parks

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1 country5 parks

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3 countries11 parks

3 countries4 parks

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3 countries11 parks

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1 country1 park2 dive sites

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