Amazon wildlife | WWF To date, at least 40,000 plant species, 427 mammals (e g jaguar, anteater and giant otter), 1,300 birds (e g harpy eagle, toucan and hoatzin), 378 reptiles (e g boa), more than 400 amphibians (e g dart poison frog) and around 3,000 freshwater fishes 1 including the piranha have been found in the Amazon
Species - WWF WWF was created more than 50 years ago to mobilize funding for the conservation of wildlife and this is still at the heart of what we do From the thousands of threatened species that inspire us to feel awe and joy, WWF focuses efforts on those species whose protection will ensure conservation of key habitats and global biodiversity
The Deepest Divers - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution For years, sperm whales and elephant seals were thought to hold world records for holding their breath under water But those animals have nothing on beaked whales Using digital tags temporarily suction-cupped to two species of beaked whales, researchers led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution tracked Cuvier’s beaked…
Otter Species | IUCN SSC Otter Specialist Group Otter Species Otters are opportunistic carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae There are 13 existing species, all semiaquatic or marine, with varied diets based on crustaceans, fish, molluscs, amphibians, invertebrates and more Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes badgers, martens, wolverines, mink among others
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Abundance, species richness and diversity of forest bird . . . Furthermore, the habitat of a species, especially in the case of birds, can enclose different types of vegetation associations (Hall et al , 1997) Like other studies, we adopted a very broad definition of habitat type, which equals the coarse vegetation type, i e forest
Facts about African Wildlife There are over 1,100 different species of mammals in Africa and over 2,600 species of birds Four of the five fastest land animals live in Africa - fastest is the cheetah at 70 mph, wildebeest, lion and Thomson's gazelle all about 50 mph Butterfly Having a wingspan of only ½", the smallest butterfly in the world is found in South Africa