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Thalassoica antarctica

Thalassoica antarctica

Thalassoica antarctica,Antarctic Petrel

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The Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica, Antarctic Petrel) is a Marine bird.Antarctic shearwaters prefer open water near ice, especially in areas with icebergs. Mainly feed on krill, squid and so on.Antarctic Shearwater is a non-endangered species, the degree of threat is low, and the protectio...

Puffinus elegans

Puffinus elegans

Puffinus elegans,Subantarctic Shearwater

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The Subantarctic Shearwater (Puffinus elegans) is a bird of the genus Puffinus in the family Puffinidae. Specific habits are unknown.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!...

Daption capense

Daption capense

Daption capense

Features:The back feathers are black and white

Its scientific name is Daption capense, but its specific habits are unknown.Groups can often be seen flying in the air and like to follow the boats.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!...

porpoise

porpoise

Cetacea LC

Features:It's a relatively small toothed whale

The porpoise (Phocoena phocoena in Latin), also known as porpoise, is the most common toothed whale in the North and Baltic Seas.Porpoises prefer calmer waters at a medium depth of about 20 meters near the coast, but occasionally swim deeper into the ocean.Porpoises feed almost exclusively on fish,...

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale

Cetacea LC

Features:One of the smallest baleen whales

Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also known as Antarctic minke whale. New mitochondrial DNA tests have found that Antarctic minke whales are independent species from minke whales. This test also determined that minke whales are the closest relatives of Antarctic m...

Rangifer tarandus

Rangifer tarandus

Rangifer tarandus,Reindeer

Features:Both males and females have horns, and the complex branching of the horns is an important feature of their appearance.

Reindeer (scientific name: Rangifer tarandus) is called Reindeer in foreign language. There are 17 subspecies. Also known as horned deer, it is the only animal under the genus Reindeer in the family Cervidae.The most amazing behavior of reindeer is the annual migration of hundreds of kilometers. As...

Cervus axis

Cervus axis

Cervus axis,Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká,Hupah Glešká,Spotted deer, white deer

Features:It looks similar to a sika deer, but also has some white spots.

The scientific name of the spotted deer, Cervus axis or Axis axis, is active all day long and feeds on tender shoots. Its natural enemies include wolves, Bengal tigers, and Asiatic lions. It will sound alarm calls when frightened. The spotted deer like to live in groups, usually consisting of adult...

Sterna paradisaea

Sterna paradisaea

Arctic Tern ,Sterna paradisaea

Features:It has a "black cover" on its head and is the bird that flies the farthest on Earth.

The Arctic tern is a seabird belonging to the tern genus. It is medium-sized and distributed in the Arctic and nearby areas. It is a migratory bird. It experiences two summers each year, migrating from its northern breeding area to the ocean near Antarctica, and then migrating back to the breeding a...

Tetraodontidae

Tetraodontidae

Tetraodontidae,pufferfish、puffers,Pufferfish, boatfish, pufferfish, good fish, chicken, turtle fish

Features:When angry, it turns into a balloon. It is the most poisonous fish.

Pufferfish (scientific name Tetraodontidae) is also known as pufferfish or puffers in foreign languages. Because of its "pig-like" appearance and its frequent activities in river estuaries, it is commonly known as pufferfish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while it is called Dingba in Shandong, L...

Eleginus gracilis

Eleginus gracilis

Eleginus gracilis,cod, bighead cod, bighead fish, bighead fish, pollack

Features:Known as "gold in the sea" and "nutritionist on the table" in Europe

The scientific name of cod is Eleginus gracilis. It is a kind of deep-sea fish and one of the economic edible fish. There are 9 species, namely: silver cod, Pacific cod, Atlantic cod, haddock, blue cod, green cod, haddock, Norwegian cod, and pollock.Cod is a cold-water fish in the middle and lower l...

Pan troglodytes

Pan troglodytes

Pan troglodytes,Chimpanzee,gorilla

Features:It is the most intelligent animal known after humans.

Chimpanzees (scientific name: Pan troglodytes) are called Chimpanzees in foreign languages. There are 4 subspecies. The nominate subspecies is also called the black-faced chimpanzee. It has a lighter face and becomes bald in old age. The male has very little beard. It is found in Congo, Gabon, Camer...

Zalophus japonicus

Zalophus japonicus

Zalophus japonicus

Features:Larger than the California sea lion, extinct

Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866), is an extinct species of sea lion in the genus Zalophus of the family Eurasidae. Before 2003, Japanese sea lions were considered a subspecies of the California sea lion, but later it was pointed out that Japanese sea lions and California sea lion...

Zalophus californianus

Zalophus californianus

Zalophus californianus,Californian Sea Lion

Features:Males have an enlarged mane around their necks, usually with white fur on top and dark brown on the back.

Californian Sea Lion (scientific name: Zalophus californianus), foreign name California Sea Lion, no subspecies.The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) and the Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus japonica) were once subspecies of the California sea lion, but were classified as separate species in 2007.T...

Phocarctos hookeri

Phocarctos hookeri

Phocarctos hookeri

Features:It is a local species and the largest sea lion in the area.

The scientific name of New Zealand sea lion is Phocarctos hookeri, also known as Hooker's sea lion. It feeds on small fish such as octopus and flounder, and also eats crabs and penguins. It likes to live in groups. It gives birth in late December or early January. The birthing process is short,...

Arctocephalus pusillus

Arctocephalus pusillus

Arctocephalus pusillus,South African and Australian Fur Seal,Cape fur seal, African fur sea lion, South African fur sea lion, Australian fur sea lion

Features:The largest fur seal

The scientific name of the African fur seal is Arctocephalus pusillus, and its foreign name is South African and Australian Fur Seal. There are two subspecies.African fur sea lions are gentle and like to gather in groups. They generally do not have a fixed habitat except during the breeding season....

Arctocephalus gazella

Arctocephalus gazella

Arctocephalus gazella,Kerguelen Fur seal,Island sea lions, sea wolves, Antarctic fur seals

Features:Has the longest beard and bad breath

The Antarctic fur seal (scientific name: Arctocephalus gazella) is called Kerguelen Fur seal. Its scientific name comes from the first German ship to capture it, SMS Gazelle. Captain Cook mentioned that there were a large number of fur seals living on South Georgia Island after exploring it in 1775....

Leptonychotes weddellii

Leptonychotes weddellii

Leptonychotes weddellii,monk seal, Weddell seal, Weddell seal, Weddell seal

Features:It was the first seal Columbus saw in the "New World".

Weddell seal (Latin name: Leptonychotes weddellii), also known as Weddell seal, Weddell seal or Weddell seal, is the only species of Weddell seal genus under the seal family, named by a British Antarctic navigator James Weddell.Weddell seals are an extremely ancient creature, so they are called &quo...

Monachus monachus

Monachus monachus

Monachus monachus,Mediterranean monk sea,Monk seal

Features:The largest of the monk seals, the rarest seal in the world

The scientific name of the Mediterranean monk seal is Monachus monachus, and its foreign name is Mediterranean monk seal. It is an ancient and rare seal. Its head is very round and densely covered with short hair, which looks like a monk's head, hence the name. It is the rarest seal in the world...

Mirounga leonina

Mirounga leonina

Mirounga leonina,Southern elephant-seal

Features:The largest seal on Earth, the largest pinniped, and the largest carnivore

The scientific name of the Southern elephant seal is Mirounga leonina, and its foreign name is Southern elephant-seal. It is the largest seal on earth, the largest pinniped in history, and even the largest carnivore. It is divided into three subspecies: South American subspecies (M.l falclandicus),...

Mirounga angustirostris

Mirounga angustirostris

Mirounga angustirostris,Northern elephant-seal,Northern elephant seal

Features:The nose is shaped like a cockscomb and swells when angry or excited.

The scientific name of the Northern elephant seal is Mirounga angustirostris, and its foreign name is Northern elephant-seal. It is a large seal-like animal.The Northern elephant seal has large, round, black eyes. The width of the eyes shows that they mainly hunt by vision. Like other seals, norther...

Lobodon carcinophagus

Lobodon carcinophagus

Lobodon carcinophagus,Crabeater seal

Features:The mouth has rows of sharp teeth, like saw teeth.

Sawtooth seals are called Lobodon carcinophagus in scientific name and Crabeater seal in foreign language. They are the most numerous seals in the world.Sawtooth seals feed on krill. It is an illusion to call them crab-eating seals because there are very few crabs in Antarctica, which are not enough...