Animals of French Southern Territories
62 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from French Southern Territories on GBIF: 25 mammals, 21 sharks & fish, 9 insects & other invertebrates, 7 birds. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 62 animals by group
Seals, sea lions & walrus 4
- Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella
- Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx
- Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina
- Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
Whales & dolphins 21
- Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
- Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii
- Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
- Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
- Dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
- False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
- Hourglass dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas
- Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra
- Orca Orcinus orca
- Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata
- Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus
- Rough-toothed dolphin Steno bredanensis
- Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Southern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon planifrons
- Southern right whale Eubalaena australis
- Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
- Strap-toothed whale Mesoplodon layardii
Penguins 3
- Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua
- King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
- Northern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi
Seabirds, divers & grebes 4
- Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Snowy albatross Diomedea exulans
- Southern giant petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Southern royal albatross Diomedea epomophora
Sharks 1
- Silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis
Rays, skates & chimaeras 1
- Pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Bony fish 19
- Alepisaurus ferox Alepisaurus ferox
- Atlantic salmon Salmo salar
- Atlantic tripletail Lobotes surinamensis
- Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus
- Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
- Brown trout Salmo trutta
- Clown triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum
- Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator
- Frigate tuna Auxis thazard
- Humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
- Indo-Pacific sailfish Istiophorus platypterus
- Lagoon triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus
- Milkfish Chanos chanos
- Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus
- Platax teira Platax teira
- Pterois miles Pterois miles
- Rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata
- Reef triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus
- Titan triggerfish Balistoides viridescens
Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 1
- Odontodactylus scyllarus Odontodactylus scyllarus
Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish 1
- Giant squid Architeuthis dux
Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 7
- Crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci
- Heterocentrotus mamillatus Heterocentrotus mamillatus
- Holothuria atra Holothuria atra
- Labidiaster annulatus Labidiaster annulatus
- Linckia laevigata Linckia laevigata
- Synapta maculata Synapta maculata
- Thelenota ananas Thelenota ananas
Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.