Wildfacts

Wildfacts

	For years the world's largest primate has been portrayed as a fearsome and aggressive beast. But gorillas are actually gentle giants, who have strong family ties and feed on nothing more sinister than vegetation. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived - bigger, even, than the dinosaurs. Yet they are elusive creatures, and little is known about their lives.		We've hundreds of animals to choose from. Please enter your keyword below. You can search for animals by their common or scientific name. Or select one or more of the options below to refine your search. Group -------------------- Aardvarks Amphibians Annelids Anteaters and relatives Bats Bears Birds Camels and relatives Cats Cattle and relatives Chevrotains Chilopoda Civets and relatives Crustaceans Deer Dogs Dugongs and manatees Echinoderms Elephants Elephant shrews Extinct animals Flying lemurs Garden birds Giraffes and okapis Hippopotamuses Horses and relatives Hyenas Hyraxes Insectivores Insects Invertebrates Marsupials Molluscs Mongooses Monotremes Mustelids Pangolins Penguins Pigs Pronghorn Primates Rabbits, hares and pikas Raccoons and relatives Reptiles Rodents Seals and relatives Sharks Spiders Tapirs UK birds of prey UK mammals UK reptiles Whales and relatives Distribution -------------------- Africa Antarctica Antarctic ocean Arctic Arctic ocean Asia Atlantic ocean Australia Europe Indian ocean North America Pacific ocean South America UK Habitat -------------------- Coastal Desert Farmland Forest Gardens Grassland Heathland Hedgerows Ice floes Lakes and ponds Mountains Oceans and seas Polar River Savanna Scrub Steppe Swamp Tundra Urban Diet -------------------- Carnivore Filter-feeder Herbivore Insectivore Omnivore Conservation -------------------- Critically Endangered Data Deficient Endangered Extinct Extinct in the wild Lower Risk Vulnerable Records -------------------- Deepest Fastest Heaviest Largest Longest Most abundant Most colourful Most intelligent Most northerly Most southerly Most widespread Rarest Smallest Smallest distribution Tallest