
Animals Directory
Explore 50 species records. 12 currently meet the site’s dated source-review standard; research drafts remain available for navigation.
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African Elephant
Review pendingLoxodonta africana
Research draft awaiting checks of taxonomy, range, status, biology, locations, and safety guidance.
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Review pendingPanthera leo
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Review pendingPanthera pardus
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Cheetah
Review pendingAcinonyx jubatus
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Mountain Gorilla
ENGorilla beringei beringei
Mountain gorillas are a forest-dwelling subspecies of eastern gorilla found in Uganda, Rwanda, and t...
Reviewed 2026-07-15 →Giraffe
Review pendingGiraffa camelopardalis
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Rhinoceros
NT–CRRhinocerotidae — five living species
Rhinoceros is a five-species family, not one interchangeable safari animal. Africa has the black rhi...
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Hippopotamus
Review pendingHippopotamus amphibius
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Cape Buffalo
Review pendingSyncerus caffer
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African Wild Dog
Review pendingLycaon pictus
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Review pendingEquus quagga
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Whale Shark
Review pendingRhincodon typus
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Review pendingMegaptera novaeangliae
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Orca (Killer Whale)
Review pendingOrcinus orca
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Great White Shark
Review pendingCarcharodon carcharias
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Manta Ray
VU–ENMobula alfredi and Mobula birostris
Manta rays are two filter-feeding ray species: the reef manta and the larger oceanic manta. They use...
Reviewed 2026-07-15 →Bengal Tiger
Review pendingPanthera tigris tigris
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Snow Leopard
VUPanthera uncia
The snow leopard is a Vulnerable big cat of the high mountains of Central and South Asia. Its thick ...
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Jaguar
NTPanthera onca
The jaguar is the largest wild cat in the Americas and the only living member of the genus Panthera ...
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Orangutan
CRPongo pygmaeus, Pongo abelii, and Pongo tapanuliensis
Orangutan is the shared name for three living great-ape species: the Bornean orangutan, Sumatran ora...
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Chimpanzee
Review pendingPan troglodytes
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VUUrsus maritimus
The polar bear is a sea-ice-dependent Arctic marine mammal whose conservation picture cannot be redu...
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Review pendingAiluropoda melanoleuca
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Komodo Dragon
Review pendingVaranus komodoensis
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Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Review pendingChelonoidis nigra
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VUPhascolarctos cinereus
The koala is an Australian tree-dwelling marsupial found in a patchy band of forest and woodland fro...
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Wildebeest
Review pendingConnochaetes taurinus
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Western Lowland Gorilla
Review pendingGorilla gorilla gorilla
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Spotted Hyena
Review pendingCrocuta crocuta
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Open research draft →Green Sea Turtle
Review pendingChelonia mydas
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Review pendingTursiops truncatus
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Hammerhead Shark
Review pendingSphyrna mokarran
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Blue Whale
Review pendingBalaenoptera musculus
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Red Panda
Review pendingAilurus fulgens
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Sloth Bear
Review pendingMelursus ursinus
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Asian Elephant
Review pendingElephas maximus
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Open research draft →Grizzly Bear
Review pendingUrsus arctos horribilis
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Gray Wolf
LCCanis lupus
The gray wolf is a wide-ranging Northern Hemisphere canid whose ecology, population trend, and legal...
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Bald Eagle
Review pendingHaliaeetus leucocephalus
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Manatee
Review pendingTrichechus manatus
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Two-toed Sloth
Review pendingCholoepus hoffmanni
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Poison Dart Frog
Review pendingDendrobates spp.
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Emperor Penguin
ENAptenodytes forsteri
The emperor penguin is the largest living penguin and an Antarctic sea-ice specialist. It breeds dur...
Reviewed 2026-07-15 →Greater Flamingo
Review pendingPhoenicopterus roseus
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Pangolin
VU–CRFamily Manidae — eight living species
Pangolins are eight scale-covered mammal species: four in Africa and four in Asia. Depending on the ...
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Arctic Fox
Review pendingVulpes lagopus
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Ring-tailed Lemur
Review pendingLemur catta
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Southern Elephant Seal
Review pendingMirounga leonina
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Southern Cassowary
Review pendingCasuarius casuarius
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Iberian Lynx
VULynx pardinus
The Iberian lynx is a rabbit-specialist wild cat endemic to Spain and Portugal. Sustained habitat wo...
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