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Featured animals

In-depth profiles for 91 featured species, grouped by where they live. There are thousands more to discover on the interactive globe.

African Savanna

• 🦁 Lion Panthera leo
• 🐘 African Elephant Loxodonta africana
• 🦒 Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
• 🦓 Plains Zebra Equus quagga
• 🐆 Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
• 🐾 Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta
• 🦛 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
• 🦦 Meerkat Suricata suricatta

Sahara & Deserts

• 🦊 Fennec Fox Vulpes zerda
• 🐪 Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius
• 🐱 Sand Cat Felis margarita
• 🦌 Addax Addax nasomaculatus
• 🦂 Deathstalker Scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus

African Rainforest

• 🦍 Western Gorilla Gorilla gorilla
• 🐒 Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
• 🦓 Okapi Okapia johnstoni
• 🐵 Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx

Amazon Rainforest

• 🐆 Jaguar Panthera onca
• 🦜 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
• 🐍 Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus
• 🐸 Poison Dart Frog Dendrobatidae
• 🦥 Three-toed Sloth Bradypus
• 🐹 Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
• 🦤 Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
• 🦅 Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja

Andes Mountains

• 🦙 Llama Lama glama
• 🦅 Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
• 🦙 Vicuña Vicugna vicugna
• 🐻 Spectacled Bear Tremarctos ornatus
• 🐭 Chinchilla Chinchilla

Arctic & Tundra

• 🐻‍❄️ Polar Bear Ursus maritimus
• 🦊 Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus
• 🦭 Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
• 🐋 Narwhal Monodon monoceros
• 🦌 Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
• 🦉 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
• 🐂 Musk Ox Ovibos moschatus

Antarctica

• 🐧 Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
• 🦭 Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx
• 🐦 Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
• 🦐 Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba

Himalayas & High Asia

• 🐆 Snow Leopard Panthera uncia
• 🐃 Wild Yak Bos mutus
• 🐼 Red Panda Ailurus fulgens
• 🐐 Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus

Southeast Asian Jungle

• 🐅 Tiger Panthera tigris
• 🦧 Orangutan Pongo
• 🐍 King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah
• 🐒 Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus
• 🦎 Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
• 🐻 Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus

Australian Outback

• 🦘 Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
• 🐨 Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
• 🦆 Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus
• 🐕 Dingo Canis lupus dingo
• 🐦 Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
• 😈 Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii
• 🦔 Echidna Tachyglossidae

North American Wilds

• 🦅 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• 🦬 American Bison Bison bison
• 🐻 Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos horribilis
• 🐺 Gray Wolf Canis lupus
• 🫎 Moose Alces alces
• 🦝 Raccoon Procyon lotor
• 🦫 American Beaver Castor canadensis

European Woodlands

• 🦊 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
• 🦌 Red Deer Cervus elaphus
• 🦡 European Badger Meles meles
• 🐱 Eurasian Lynx Lynx lynx
• 🐻 Brown Bear Ursus arctos
• 🦔 European Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

Madagascar

• 🦝 Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
• 🐀 Aye-aye Daubentonia madagascariensis
• 🐈 Fossa Cryptoprocta ferox
• 🦎 Panther Chameleon Furcifer pardalis

Coral Reefs & Oceans

• 🐠 Clownfish Amphiprioninae
• 🐢 Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
• 🦈 Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias
• 🐬 Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
• 🐟 Manta Ray Mobula birostris
• 🐙 Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris
• 🐠 Seahorse Hippocampus
• 🐋 Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
• 🐳 Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
• 🦐 Peacock Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus

China's Bamboo Forests

• 🐼 Giant Panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca
• 🐒 Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

Central Asian Steppe

• 🐪 Bactrian Camel Camelus bactrianus
• 🐎 Przewalski's Horse Equus przewalskii
• 🐱 Pallas's Cat Otocolobus manul
• 🦌 Saiga Antelope Saiga tatarica