Animal profiles A–Z
91 written profiles covering habitat, behaviour, diet and conservation status. Each one sits inside a wider catalogue of 6,685 species you can explore by region or by animal group.
A
- AddaxAddax nasomaculatus
- African ElephantLoxodonta africana
- American BeaverCastor canadensis
- American BisonBison bison
- Andean CondorVultur gryphus
- Antarctic KrillEuphausia superba
- Arctic FoxVulpes lagopus
- Aye-ayeDaubentonia madagascariensis
B
- Bactrian CamelCamelus bactrianus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Blue WhaleBalaenoptera musculus
- Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
- Brown BearUrsus arctos
C
- CapybaraHydrochoerus hydrochaeris
- CheetahAcinonyx jubatus
- ChimpanzeePan troglodytes
- ChinchillaChinchilla
- ClownfishAmphiprioninae
- Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
D
- Deathstalker ScorpionLeiurus quinquestriatus
- DingoCanis lupus dingo
- Dromedary CamelCamelus dromedarius
E
- EchidnaTachyglossidae
- Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri
- EmuDromaius novaehollandiae
- Eurasian LynxLynx lynx
- European BadgerMeles meles
- European HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
F
- Fennec FoxVulpes zerda
- FossaCryptoprocta ferox
G
- Giant PandaAiluropoda melanoleuca
- GiraffeGiraffa camelopardalis
- Golden Snub-nosed MonkeyRhinopithecus roxellana
- Gray WolfCanis lupus
- Great White SharkCarcharodon carcharias
- Green AnacondaEunectes murinus
- Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydas
- Grizzly BearUrsus arctos horribilis
H
- Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja
- Himalayan TahrHemitragus jemlahicus
- HippopotamusHippopotamus amphibius
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae
J
- JaguarPanthera onca
K
- King CobraOphiophagus hannah
- KoalaPhascolarctos cinereus
- Komodo DragonVaranus komodoensis
L
- Leopard SealHydrurga leptonyx
- LionPanthera leo
- LlamaLama glama
M
N
- NarwhalMonodon monoceros
O
P
- Pallas's CatOtocolobus manul
- Panther ChameleonFurcifer pardalis
- Peacock Mantis ShrimpOdontodactylus scyllarus
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga
- PlatypusOrnithorhynchus anatinus
- Poison Dart FrogDendrobatidae
- Polar BearUrsus maritimus
- Proboscis MonkeyNasalis larvatus
- Przewalski's HorseEquus przewalskii
R
- RaccoonProcyon lotor
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Red KangarooOsphranter rufus
- Red PandaAilurus fulgens
- ReindeerRangifer tarandus
- Ring-tailed LemurLemur catta
S
- Saiga AntelopeSaiga tatarica
- Sand CatFelis margarita
- Scarlet MacawAra macao
- SeahorseHippocampus
- Snow LeopardPanthera uncia
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Spectacled BearTremarctos ornatus
- Spotted HyenaCrocuta crocuta
- Sun BearHelarctos malayanus
T
- Tasmanian DevilSarcophilus harrisii
- Three-toed SlothBradypus
- TigerPanthera tigris
- Toco ToucanRamphastos toco
V
- VicuñaVicugna vicugna
W
- WalrusOdobenus rosmarus
- Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
- Western GorillaGorilla gorilla
- Wild YakBos mutus
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