🌍 World Animal Map

Animals of Antarctica

42 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence wild records from Antarctica on GBIF. Countries: Antarctica · Bouvet Island · Heard Island and McDonald Islands · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

OrcaOrcaOrcinus orcaData deficientBlue whaleBlue whaleBalaenoptera musculusEndangeredSperm whaleSperm whalePhyseter macrocephalusVulnerableColossal squidColossal squidMesonychoteuthis hamiltoniLeast concernLeopard sealLeopard sealHydrurga leptonyxLeast concernHumpback whaleHumpback whaleMegaptera novaeangliaeLeast concernEmperor penguinEmperor penguinAptenodytes forsteriNear threatenedSouthern elephant sealSouthern elephant sealMirounga leoninaVulnerableFin whaleFin whaleBalaenoptera physalusVulnerableGentoo penguinGentoo penguinPygoscelis papuaLeast concernPatagonian toothfishPatagonian toothfishDissostichus eleginoidesAdélie penguinAdélie penguinPygoscelis adeliaeLeast concernKing penguinKing penguinAptenodytes patagonicusLeast concernCrown-of-thorns starfishCrown-of-thorns starfishAcanthaster planciArctic ternArctic ternSterna paradisaeaLeast concernMacaroni penguinMacaroni penguinEudyptes chrysolophusVulnerableChinstrap penguinChinstrap penguinPygoscelis antarcticusLeast concernSnowy albatrossSnowy albatrossDiomedea exulansVulnerableSei whaleSei whaleBalaenoptera borealisEndangeredSouthern right whaleSouthern right whaleEubalaena australisLeast concernWeddell sealWeddell sealLeptonychotes weddelliiLeast concernCrabeater sealCrabeater sealLobodon carcinophagaLeast concernAntarctic krillAntarctic krillEuphausia superbaLeast concernRoss sealRoss sealOmmatophoca rossiiLeast concern

All 42 animals by group

Seals, sea lions & walrus 7

Whales & dolphins 13

Penguins 7

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 3

Seabirds, divers & grebes 4

Bony fish 2

Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 1

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 1

Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish 1

Jellyfish, corals & anemones 1

Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 2