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Adult male lion with a full mane resting on the African savanna at golden hour

Mamífero

León

Panthera leo

Golden retriever dog sitting on green grass in a sunny park

Mamífero

Perro

Canis familiaris

Bengal tiger walking through tall green grass, staring directly forward

Mamífero

Tigre

Panthera tigris

Domestic tabby cat with green eyes sitting beside a sunlit window

Mamífero

Gato

Felis catus

African elephant with large tusks and ears walking across a dusty savanna

Mamífero

Elefante africano

Loxodonta africana

Great white shark swimming in clear blue ocean water, showing its grey back, white underside, and powerful body

Pez

Tiburón blanco

Carcharodon carcharias

Honey badger with grey-white mantle and black body walking across dry savanna ground

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Tejón melero

Mellivora capensis

Free-range chicken foraging in farmyard

Ave

Gallina

Gallus gallus domesticus

Arctic fox in thick white winter coat sitting on snow-covered tundra

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Zorro ártico

Vulpes lagopus

Giant panda sitting and eating a stalk of bamboo in a green forest

Mamífero

Panda gigante

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Giraffe standing among acacia trees on the African savanna at golden hour

Mamífero

Jirafa

Giraffa camelopardalis

Male mallard duck with green head on pond

Preocupación menor

Ave

Ánade real

Anas platyrhynchos

Asian elephant with smaller ears walking through tropical forest

Mamífero

Elefante asiático

Elephas maximus

Mountain gorilla silverback in misty cloud forest

Mamífero

Gorila de montaña

Gorilla beringei beringei

Pangolin curled into a defensive ball showing keratin scales

En Peligro Crítico

Mamífero

Pangolín

Manis spp.

Pygmy hippopotamus standing in shallow water at the edge of a West African forest stream

Mamífero

Hipopótamo pigmeo

Choeropsis liberiensis

Wandering albatross gliding over ocean

Ave

Albatros viajero

Diomedea exulans

Blue whale swimming near the ocean surface seen from above, dwarfing the surrounding water

Mamífero

Ballena azul

Balaenoptera musculus

Aye-aye with large eyes and elongated finger

Mamífero

Aye-aye

Daubentonia madagascariensis

Leatherback sea turtle with ridged leathery shell

Reptil

Tortuga laúd

Dermochelys coriacea

Japanese macaque snow monkey soaking in a steaming hot spring pool in winter

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Macaco japonés

Macaca fuscata

Gray wolf standing alert in a snowy forest, looking into the distance

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Lobo gris

Canis lupus

Leopard resting on a tree branch with rosette spots in dappled light

Mamífero

Leopardo

Panthera pardus

Southern cassowary with casque and blue neck

Preocupación menor

Ave

Casuario común

Casuarius casuarius

Brown bear standing in a mountain meadow with forest behind

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Oso pardo

Ursus arctos

Domestic cow grazing in a green pasture at sunrise

Mamífero

Vaca

Bos taurus

Polar bear walking across Arctic sea ice under a pale sky

Mamífero

Oso polar

Ursus maritimus

Adult silverback gorilla sitting in a green rainforest clearing in dappled sunlight

En Peligro Crítico

Mamífero

Gorila

Gorilla gorilla

Grizzly bear standing in a shallow river with pine forest behind

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Oso pardo

Ursus arctos horribilis

Common octopus on a coral reef with curling arms and textured skin

Preocupación menor

Invertebrado

Pulpo

Octopus vulgaris

Leopard seal on Antarctic ice floe

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Foca leopardo

Hydrurga leptonyx

Hawksbill turtle on coral reef

En Peligro Crítico

Reptil

Tortuga carey

Eretmochelys imbricata

Clouded leopard with cloud-shaped spots on a tree branch

Mamífero

Pantera nebulosa

Neofelis nebulosa

Sperm whale with wrinkled head breaching in open ocean

Mamífero

Cachalote

Physeter macrocephalus

Tasmanian devil with wide open jaws showing powerful teeth

Mamífero

Demonio de Tasmania

Sarcophilus harrisii

Alligator snapping turtle with ridged shell and hooked beak resting on a muddy riverbed

Reptil

Tortuga lagarto

Macrochelys temminckii

Indian rhinoceros with single horn and armour-plated skin grazing in tall grass

Mamífero

Rinoceronte indio

Rhinoceros unicornis

Red panda perched on a mossy branch in a misty Himalayan forest

Mamífero

Panda rojo

Ailurus fulgens

Philippine tarsier with huge eyes on a branch

Mamífero

Tarsero filipino

Carlito syrichta

Ocean sunfish basking at sea surface

Pez

Pez luna

Mola mola

American black bear foraging in a deciduous forest

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Oso negro americano

Ursus americanus

Rainbow trout with pink stripe in clear mountain stream

Preocupación menor

Pez

Trucha arcoíris

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Bottlenose dolphin leaping out of sparkling blue ocean water

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Delfín mular

Tursiops truncatus

White rhinoceros standing on an African plain at golden hour

Mamífero

Rinoceronte

Ceratotherium simum

Male mandrill with colourful face ridges

Mamífero

Mandril

Mandrillus sphinx

Black rhinoceros with hooked lip browsing on acacia scrub

En Peligro Crítico

Mamífero

Rinoceronte negro

Diceros bicornis

California condor soaring with white underwing triangles and numbered wing tag visible

En Peligro Crítico

Ave

Cóndor de California

Gymnogyps californianus

Okapi with striped legs standing in Congo rainforest understorey

Mamífero

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni

Geoffroy's spider monkey hanging by its prehensile tail from a rainforest branch

Mamífero

Mono araña de Geoffroy

Ateles geoffroyi

Malayan tapir with black body and white saddle standing at the edge of rainforest

Mamífero

Tapir malayo

Tapirus indicus

Przewalski's horse with erect dark mane and dun coat grazing on Mongolian steppe

Mamífero

Caballo de Przewalski

Equus ferus przewalskii

Orca killer whale breaching out of the ocean with a burst of spray

Datos insuficientes

Mamífero

Orca

Orcinus orca

Male elephant seal on beach with trunk-like nose

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Elefante marino del norte

Mirounga angustirostris

White rhinoceros grazing on open African savanna grassland

Mamífero

Rinoceronte blanco

Ceratotherium simum

Reindeer herd migrating across snowy Arctic tundra

Mamífero

Reno

Rangifer tarandus

Moss-green kākāpō with owl-like face standing on fern-covered New Zealand forest floor

En Peligro Crítico

Ave

Kakapo

Strigops habroptilus

Cheetah sprinting across golden grassland with legs extended mid-stride

Mamífero

Guepardo

Acinonyx jubatus

Plains zebra standing in golden African grassland

Mamífero

Cebra

Equus quagga

Gibbon swinging through rainforest canopy

Mamífero

Gibón de manos blancas

Hylobates lar

Thresher shark with extremely long tail fin

Pez

Tiburón zorro

Alopias vulpinus

Bull elk with large antlers bugling in a mountain meadow

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Uapití

Cervus canadensis

Walrus with long tusks resting on Arctic sea ice

Mamífero

Morsa

Odobenus rosmarus

Bonobo resting in lush Congo rainforest canopy

Mamífero

Bonobo

Pan paniscus

Male betta with flowing red and blue fins hovering near a bubble nest at the water surface

Pez

Betta

Betta splendens

Blue-scaled coelacanth with lobed fins hovering near a deep volcanic reef cave

En Peligro Crítico

Pez

Celacanto

Latimeria chalumnae

Common squirrel monkey with white face and black muzzle perched on a rainforest branch

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Mono ardilla

Saimiri sciureus

Red-necked wallaby with reddish neck and shoulders grazing at the edge of eucalyptus forest

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Ualabí de cuello rojo

Notamacropus rufogriseus

Sumatran rhinoceros with reddish-brown hairy skin and two horns in rainforest wallow

En Peligro Crítico

Mamífero

Rinoceronte de Sumatra

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo with golden back stripes sitting on a mossy rainforest branch

Mamífero

Canguro arborícola de Goodfellow

Dendrolagus goodfellowi

Scarlet macaw with red body and blue-and-yellow wing covert perched on a rainforest canopy branch

Preocupación menor

Ave

Guacamayo escarlata

Ara macao

Proboscis monkey with large nose in mangrove

Mamífero

Mono narigudo

Nasalis larvatus

White beluga whale swimming in Arctic water

Mamífero

Beluga

Delphinapterus leucas

Chimpanzee sitting in a lush rainforest with a thoughtful expression

Mamífero

Chimpancé

Pan troglodytes

Black mamba with mouth open showing dark interior in savanna habitat

Preocupación menor

Reptil

Mamba negra

Dendroaspis polylepis

Javan rhinoceros browsing in tropical rainforest undergrowth

En Peligro Crítico

Mamífero

Rinoceronte de Java

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Red deer stag with branched antlers in misty woodland

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Ciervo rojo

Cervus elaphus

Giant anteater with bushy tail walking on knuckles in grassland

Mamífero

Oso hormiguero gigante

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Osprey diving talons-first toward water with white head and dark eye stripe visible

Preocupación menor

Ave

Águila pescadora

Pandion haliaetus

Inland taipan with dark head and tan body coiled in a soil crack on arid plains

Preocupación menor

Reptil

Taipán del interior

Oxyuranus microlepidotus

African wild dog with mottled coat in savanna

Mamífero

Licaón

Lycaon pictus

Loggerhead sea turtle swimming in ocean

Reptil

Tortuga boba

Caretta caretta

Emperor penguin with a chick standing on Antarctic ice

Ave

Pingüino emperador

Aptenodytes forsteri

Chestnut brown horse standing in a green meadow at golden hour

Mamífero

Caballo

Equus caballus

Greater flamingo standing in shallow water at golden hour with reflection

Preocupación menor

Ave

Flamenco

Phoenicopterus roseus

Eurasian lynx with tufted ears in snowy forest

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Lince boreal

Lynx lynx

Wild boar with bristly coat and tusks in European woodland

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Jabalí

Sus scrofa

Channel catfish with barbels near river bottom

Preocupación menor

Pez

Bagre de canal

Ictalurus punctatus

Copperhead coiled on leaf litter showing hourglass crossbands and copper-coloured head

Preocupación menor

Reptil

Serpiente cabeza de cobre

Agkistrodon contortrix

Atlantic puffin with colourful bill holding sand eels at a cliff-top burrow entrance

Ave

Frailecillo atlántico

Fratercula arctica

Basking shark with cavernous open mouth filtering near the surface of a green coastal sea

Pez

Tiburón peregrino

Cetorhinus maximus

Banded mongoose troop foraging

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Mangosta rayada

Mungos mungo

Humpback whale breaching out of the open ocean with spray

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Ballena jorobada

Megaptera novaeangliae

North American beaver swimming with stick in mouth near a dam

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Castor norteamericano

Castor canadensis

Fin whale surfacing with asymmetric jaw in cold ocean waters

Mamífero

Rorcual común

Balaenoptera physalus

Malayan tapir with black and white coat in tropical rainforest

Mamífero

Tapir malayo

Tapirus indicus

Sugar glider mid-glide with patagium stretched and large dark eyes facing forward

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Petauro del azúcar

Petaurus breviceps

White whooping crane with black wingtips and red crown walking in a coastal marsh

Ave

Grulla blanca americana

Grus americana

Wildebeest herd migrating across African plain

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Ñu

Connochaetes taurinus

Domestic pig rooting in pasture

Mamífero

Cerdo doméstico

Sus scrofa domesticus

Sand tiger shark showing protruding teeth

Pez

Tiburón tigre de arena

Carcharias taurus

Pink axolotl with feathery external gills underwater

En Peligro Crítico

Anfibio

Ajolote

Ambystoma mexicanum

Brown-throated three-toed sloth hanging from a mossy branch in the rainforest canopy

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Perezoso

Bradypus variegatus

Orange and white clownfish nestled among sea anemone tentacles

Preocupación menor

Pez

Pez payaso

Amphiprion ocellaris

Fennec fox in desert sand, a tiny pale fox with very large ears and dark alert eyes

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Fénec

Vulpes zerda

Bobcat with spotted coat pausing in woodland understory

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Lince rojo

Lynx rufus

Dingo with ginger coat standing alert in Australian scrub

Mamífero

Dingo

Canis familiaris dingo

Rooster with red comb crowing at sunrise in a farmyard

Ave

Gallo

Gallus gallus domesticus

Sun bear with golden chest patch climbing in tropical forest

Mamífero

Oso malayo

Helarctos malayanus

Sulphur-crested cockatoo with raised yellow crest in eucalyptus

Preocupación menor

Ave

Cacatúa galerita

Cacatua galerita

Secretary bird with crest quills and orange facial skin striding through dry grassland

Ave

Ave secretaria

Sagittarius serpentarius

Reticulated python with geometric net-like dorsal pattern coiled along a riverbank log

Preocupación menor

Reptil

Pitón reticulada

Malayopython reticulatus

Wolverine with thick brown fur crossing snow in boreal forest

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Glotón

Gulo gulo

Olive baboon troop on savanna

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Babuino oliva

Papio anubis

Canada geese flying in V formation

Preocupación menor

Ave

Ganso canadiense

Branta canadensis

Bald eagle with a white head and yellow beak perched on a branch

Preocupación menor

Ave

Águila calva

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Bearded dragon basking on a warm desert rock with spiny beard

Preocupación menor

Reptil

Dragón barbudo

Pogona vitticeps

Syrian hamster with stuffed cheek pouches in clean bedding

Mamífero

Hámster dorado

Mesocricetus auratus

Mule deer buck with large ears in sagebrush country

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Ciervo mulo

Odocoileus hemionus

Short-beaked echidna with pale spines and long snout foraging on dry leaf litter

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Equidna de pico corto

Tachyglossus aculeatus

Female black widow hanging upside-down in a cobweb showing red hourglass on abdomen

Preocupación menor

Invertebrado

Viuda negra

Latrodectus mactans

Male Andean condor with black plumage, white neck ruff, and fleshy head comb on a cliff ledge

Ave

Cóndor andino

Vultur gryphus

Hyacinth macaw with deep cobalt plumage and yellow eye-ring perched on a palm frond

Ave

Guacamayo jacinto

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

Saiga antelope ram with translucent horns and swollen snout on Central Asian steppe

En Peligro Crítico

Mamífero

Antílope saiga

Saiga tatarica

Leafy seadragon with cascading green skin appendages drifting beside brown macroalgae

Pez

Dragón de mar foliado

Phycodurus eques

Aardvark with long snout foraging at night on African savanna

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Oricteropo

Orycteropus afer

Domestic ferret with playful expression

Mamífero

Hurón

Mustela putorius furo

Capuchin monkey in tropical forest

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Mono capuchino

Cebus capucinus

Goat standing on rocky outcrop

Mamífero

Cabra doméstica

Capra hircus

Nurse shark resting on sandy seabed

Pez

Tiburón nodriza

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Koala with fluffy grey fur clinging to a eucalyptus tree trunk

Mamífero

Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

Sea otter floating on its back on calm ocean water

Mamífero

Nutria marina

Enhydra lutris

West Indian manatee floating in clear turquoise spring water, showing its rounded grey body and paddle-like flippers

Mamífero

Manatí

Trichechus manatus

Guinea pig with smooth coat eating fresh vegetables in a hay-filled enclosure

Mamífero

Cobaya

Cavia porcellus

Peach-faced lovebird with rosy face perched on a branch

Preocupación menor

Ave

Agapornis carirrosa

Agapornis roseicollis

Sloth bear with shaggy black coat and long snout foraging for insects

Mamífero

Oso perezoso

Melursus ursinus

Rhinoceros hornbill with orange casque perched in rainforest canopy

Ave

Cálao rinoceronte

Buceros rhinoceros

Great barracuda with silver body and underbite hovering over a coral reef ledge

Preocupación menor

Pez

Barracuda grande

Sphyraena barracuda

Kea with orange underwing coverts flashing as it perches on alpine scree

Ave

Kea

Nestor notabilis

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake with brown diamonds edged in white coiled in wiregrass

Preocupación menor

Reptil

Cascabel diamante oriental

Crotalus adamanteus

Chinese giant salamander with wrinkled brown skin resting on a rocky stream bed

En Peligro Crítico

Anfibio

Salamandra gigante china

Andrias davidianus

Howler monkey in tropical tree canopy

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Mono aullador

Alouatta spp.

Emu standing in Australian outback

Preocupación menor

Ave

Emú

Dromaius novaehollandiae

Jaguar with a rosette-patterned coat walking along a rainforest riverbank

Mamífero

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Translucent moon jellyfish drifting in deep blue ocean water

Preocupación menor

Invertebrado

Medusa

Medusozoa

Shoebill standing in papyrus with oversized hooked grey bill facing the camera

Ave

Picozapato

Balaeniceps rex

Pronghorn buck with black cheek patches and forked horns running across open sagebrush

Preocupación menor

Mamífero

Antílope americano

Antilocapra americana

Puff adder with chevron markings coiled in dry grass showing inflated warning posture

Preocupación menor

Reptil

Víbora africana

Bitis arietans

Breeding common loon with black head and white-checkered back floating on a still boreal lake

Preocupación menor

Ave

Colimbo común

Gavia immer

Crested gecko with eyelash-like crests and sticky toe pads clinging to a vertical branch

Reptil

Geco crestado

Correlophus ciliatus

Water buffalo wallowing in muddy pool

Mamífero

Búfalo de agua

Bubalus bubalis