🌍 World Animal Map

Animals of Svalbard and Jan Mayen

114 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Svalbard and Jan Mayen on GBIF: 52 birds, 33 sharks & fish, 19 mammals, 10 insects & other invertebrates. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

OrcaOrcaOrcinus orcaData deficientPolar bearPolar bearUrsus maritimusVulnerableGreenland sharkGreenland sharkSomniosus microcephalusVulnerableBlue whaleBlue whaleBalaenoptera musculusEndangeredNarwhalNarwhalMonodon monocerosLeast concernReindeerReindeerRangifer tarandusVulnerableWalrusWalrusOdobenus rosmarusVulnerableHumpback whaleHumpback whaleMegaptera novaeangliaeLeast concernBeluga whaleBeluga whaleDelphinapterus leucasLeast concernMallardMallardAnas platyrhynchosLeast concernArctic foxArctic foxVulpes lagopusLeast concernTiger sharkTiger sharkGaleocerdo cuvierNear threatenedCommon blackbirdCommon blackbirdTurdus merulaLeast concernBowhead whaleBowhead whaleBalaena mysticetusLeast concernLion's mane jellyfishLion's mane jellyfishCyanea capillataAtlantic puffinAtlantic puffinFratercula arcticaVulnerableFin whaleFin whaleBalaenoptera physalusVulnerableHaddockHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusVulnerableOceanic whitetip sharkOceanic whitetip sharkCarcharhinus longimanusCritically endangeredCommon loonCommon loonGavia immerLeast concernRock ptarmiganRock ptarmiganLagopus mutaLeast concernHarbor sealHarbor sealPhoca vitulinaLeast concernGyrfalconGyrfalconFalco rusticolusLeast concernAtlantic codAtlantic codGadus morhuaVulnerable

All 114 animals by group

Bears 1

Foxes, jackals & wild dogs 1

Seals, sea lions & walrus 6

Whales & dolphins 10

Deer 1

Birds of prey 1

Ducks, geese & swans 13

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 30

Seabirds, divers & grebes 3

Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1

Songbirds & perching birds 4

Sharks 9

Rays, skates & chimaeras 2

Bony fish 22

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 3

Jellyfish, corals & anemones 5

Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 2

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.