Home›Mammals›Where It LivesBrowse ByWhere It LivesWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsWhere It LivesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedViviparous (Live-Bearing) 1Where It LivesFilter Results155 entriesCommon GroupAllBats (Chiroptera) (76)Bears (9)Carnivorans (104)Cats (73)Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) (40)Dogs And Wild Canids (48)Elephants And Relatives (39)Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla) (103)Insectivores And Shrews (Eulipotyphla) (27)Marsupials (6)Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans (78)Odd-Toed Ungulates (Perissodactyla) (12)Other Mammals (11)Pinnipeds (Seals, Sea Lions and the Walrus) (37)Primate Species (30)Rodents And Lagomorphs (79)Xenarthrans (Sloths, Anteaters and Armadillos) (19)Everyday GroupAllBats (Chiroptera) (76)Bears (9)Cats (73)Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) (40)Dogs And Wild Canids (48)Elephants And Relatives (39)Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla) (103)Insectivores And Shrews (Eulipotyphla) (27)Marsupials (6)Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans (78)Odd-Toed Ungulates (Perissodactyla) (12)Other Mammals (11)Pinnipeds (Seals, Sea Lions and the Walrus) (37)Primate Species (30)Rodents And Lagomorphs (79)Xenarthrans (Sloths, Anteaters and Armadillos) (19)HabitatAllAlpine (38)Bathyal Zone (2)Bog (4)Boreal Forest (69)Chaparral (63)Cloud Forest (13)Coral Reef (25)Desert (110)Estuary (23)Freshwater (43)Freshwater Marsh (36)Freshwater Swamp Forest (2)Grassland (87)Intertidal Zone (13)Kelp Forest (4)Lake (31)Mangrove Forest (38)Marine (55)Montane Grasslands and Shrublands (12)Neritic Zone (27)Open Ocean (36)Riparian Zone (36)River (61)Savanna (60)Sea Ice (17)Seagrass Meadow (8)Steppe (50)Temperate Coniferous Forest (16)Temperate Forest (84)Temperate Rainforest (5)Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forest (2)Tropical Dry Forest (20)Tropical Rainforest (55)Tundra (44)Wetlands (75)Xeric Shrubland (40)Conservation StatusAllCritically Endangered (24)Data Deficient (28)Endangered (53)Extinct (11)Least Concern (131)Near Threatened (78)Not Evaluated (10)Vulnerable (73)DietAllCarnivore (92)Detritivore or Scavenger (16)Filter Feeder (30)Frugivore (36)Herbivore (124)Insectivore (80)Omnivore (71)Parasitic (17)Piscivore (63)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (83)Marine (59)Marine and Freshwater (20)Terrestrial (150)Terrestrial and Freshwater (21)Living or ExtinctAllNo (5)Yes (155)Population TrendAllDecreasing (24)Stable (28)ThreatsAllAgriculture and Aquaculture (20)Biological Resource Use (45)Climate Change and Severe Weather (27)Invasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (52)Pollution (38)Relationship to PeopleAllAgricultural or Structural Pest (81)Disease Vector (30)Domesticated (69)Ecotourism and Research (5)Farmed or Commercially Raised (18)Hunted or Fished (109)Invasive or Introduced Species (99)Kept as Pets (76)Natural Pest Control (68)No Significant Interaction with Humans (29)Pollinator (18)Used in Traditional Medicine (46)CITES AppendixAllAppendix I (95)Appendix II (87)Appendix III (81)Not Listed (126)NatureServe RankAllG1 Critically Imperiled (7)G2 Imperiled (18)G3 Vulnerable (36)G4 Apparently Secure (67)G5 Secure (113)GNA Not Applicable (43)GNR Unranked (17)GX Presumed Extinct (3)EcosystemAllAmazon Rainforest (26)Amazon Varzea Forest (5)Antarctic Peninsula (31)Arabian Desert (37)Arctic Ocean (14)Arctic Tundra (47)Atacama Desert (4)Atlantic Forest (25)Black Forest (45)Borneo Rainforest (2)Canadian Boreal Forest (45)Caspian Sea (7)Cerrado (27)Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (40)Chihuahuan Desert (1)Congo Basin Rainforest (1)Coral Triangle (1)Danube Delta (46)Deep Sea (2)Doñana (49)Eastern Himalayas (5)Eurasian Steppe (8)Everglades (18)Fiordland (12)Galapagos (28)Gobi Desert (4)Gran Chaco (18)Great Barrier Reef (9)Great Plains (11)Great Victoria Desert (2)Greenland Ice Sheet (4)Gulf of California (25)Heath (30)Iguazu (17)Kalahari Desert (13)Karakum Desert (5)Kelp Forests (4)Kruger National Park (14)Lake Baikal (32)Lake Victoria (10)Llanos (38)Madagascar Rainforests (1)Mediterranean Basin (5)Mesopotamian Marshes (1)Mojave Desert (2)Mongolian Steppe (4)Moorland (14)Namib Desert (8)New Guinea Rainforest (1)Okavango Delta (22)Pacific Northwest Temperate Rainforest (2)Pampas (31)Pantanal (27)Patagonian Steppe (2)Raja Ampat (1)Ross Sea (28)Sahara Desert (14)Sahel (10)Scandinavian Taiga (14)Serengeti (18)Siberian Taiga (32)Simpson Desert (2)Sky Island (6)Sonoran Desert (3)Sumatran Lowland Rainforest (1)Sundarbans (4)Svalbard (13)Thar Desert (12)Valdivian Temperate Rainforest (1)Wadden Sea (13)Western Ghats (20)Yasuní (20)Yellowstone (61)TaxonomyAllArtiodactyla (96)Ateles (2)Atelidae (4)Balaenopteridae (25)Bovidae (17)Bradypodidae (5)Callithrix (4)Callitrichidae (2)Callorhinus (4)Camelus (6)Canidae (12)Canis (38)Capra (2)Carnivora (9)Castor (22)Cebidae (3)Cephalorhynchus (5)Cercopithecidae (16)Cervidae (3)Cervus (4)Cetacea (13)Chiroptera (63)Chrysochloridae (1)Cingulata (11)Conepatus (2)Cricetidae (7)Delphinidae (28)Diprotodontia (5)Elephantidae (2)Elephas (3)Emballonuridae (13)Equus (3)Erinaceidae (10)Eulipotyphla (18)Felidae (22)Felis (46)Globicephala (22)Herpailurus (6)Herpestes (2)Herpestidae (4)Heteromyidae (4)Hominidae (4)Hyaenidae (11)Hydrictis (7)Hyracoidea (8)Lagenorhynchus (12)Lagomorpha (30)Lemuridae (2)Leopardus (25)Leporidae (2)Lepus (27)Lontra (19)Lynx (15)Mammalia (4)Manidae (9)Martes (15)Mellivora (10)Mephitidae (3)Mirounga (2)Molossidae (9)Monodontidae (10)Mungos (6)Muridae (4)Mustelidae (38)Nasua (6)Nycticebus (5)Ochotonidae (2)Odobenidae (6)Otariidae (5)Panthera (35)Pardofelis (3)Perissodactyla (10)Phoca (15)Phocidae (29)Phocoenidae (16)Pholidota (3)Phyllostomidae (24)Physeteridae (15)Pilosa (15)Primates (2)Prionailurus (3)Proboscidea (7)Procyonidae (53)Pseudorca (20)Puma (23)Pusa (9)Rattus (3)Rodentia (68)Saguinus (2)Sciurus (11)Sirenia (26)Sotalia (4)Spalacidae (2)Spilogale (2)Stenella (24)Tursiops (2)Ursidae (9)Vespertilionidae (10)Vicugna (7)Vulpes (22)Showing the 100 most common of 127 options.Admission YearAll1871 (1)Area (sq km)All2.084 (1)160.5 (1)181.43 (1)261 (1)316 (1)344 (1)389 (1)439 (1)440 (1)457 (1)2040 (1)2235 (1)2586.4 (1)4033 (1)10,991 (1)12,189 (1)13,880 (1)13,883 (1)17,364 (1)18,274 (1)20,272 (1)21,041 (1)22,072 (1)22,966 (1)23,200 (1)25,436 (1)27,700 (1)28,748 (1)29,743 (1)30,355 (1)30,689 (1)33,843 (1)36,197 (1)41,291 (1)41,865 (1)43,094 (1)45,335 (1)103,125 (1)108,889 (1)110,860 (1)110,993.6 (1)112,492 (1)120,000 (1)120,538 (1)130,375 (1)132,049 (1)143,100 (1)147,181 (1)148,460 (1)165,940 (1)176,215 (1)196,722 (1)200,105 (1)207,600 (1)214,969 (1)238,397 (1)242,500 (1)263,310 (1)267,668 (1)283,561 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)330,803 (1)338,455 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)385,207 (1)390,757 (1)406,752 (1)438,317 (1)440,000 (1)446,550 (1)448,978 (1)450,295 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,141,748 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,246,700 (1)1,285,216 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,759,541 (1)1,886,068 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,149,690 (1)2,724,910 (1)2,780,085 (1)3,287,263 (1)3,300,000 (1)7,688,287 (2)10,186,000 (1)14,200,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)17,840,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 153 options.Country CountAll1 (1)12 (1)23 (1)30 (1)44 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (2)Constitutional Monarchy (26)One-Party (3)Republic (98)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)4095 (1)4892 (1)5642 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (54)Low (8)Lower-Middle (28)Upper-Middle (50)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1000 (1)1139 (1)1492 (1)1523 (1)1769 (1)1776 (1)1795 (1)1801 (1)1804 (1)1806 (1)1810 (1)1811 (2)1816 (1)1818 (1)1820 (1)1821 (7)1822 (1)1825 (2)1830 (1)1832 (1)1839 (1)1844 (1)1848 (1)1861 (2)1867 (1)1877 (1)1901 (1)1902 (1)1903 (1)1905 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (2)1917 (1)1918 (3)1919 (1)1921 (1)1922 (2)1923 (1)1932 (2)1944 (1)1945 (1)1946 (2)1947 (4)1948 (3)1949 (2)1951 (1)1956 (2)1957 (1)1960 (6)1961 (1)1962 (2)1963 (1)1964 (1)1966 (4)1968 (2)1970 (1)1971 (3)1973 (1)1974 (1)1975 (6)1976 (1)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (4)1980 (2)1981 (2)1983 (1)1986 (2)1990 (1)1991 (15)1992 (1)1993 (4)1994 (1)1995 (1)2006 (2)LandlockedAllNo (111)Yes (29)PopulationAll0 (1)17,663 (1)37,548 (1)38,857 (1)41,237 (1)106,365 (1)109,296 (1)114,621 (1)121,355 (1)138,000 (1)184,100 (1)220,372 (1)281,998 (1)335,908 (1)394,324 (1)397,483 (1)398,165 (1)1,025,200 (1)1,066,809 (1)1,235,260 (1)1,236,126 (1)1,362,954 (1)1,382,000 (1)1,512,779 (1)1,588,670 (1)1,836,713 (1)2,116,427 (1)2,135,107 (1)2,335,930 (1)2,359,609 (1)2,365,645 (1)2,647,400 (1)2,824,913 (1)3,022,401 (1)3,100,100 (1)3,412,000 (1)3,499,451 (1)3,591,120 (1)3,600,000 (1)3,657,000 (1)3,866,233 (1)4,571,189 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,186,738 (1)10,353,296 (1)10,610,485 (1)10,915,839 (1)10,978,599 (1)11,027,129 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,424,031 (1)11,484,805 (1)11,532,151 (1)11,867,634 (1)11,906,096 (1)17,166,852 (1)17,483,326 (1)18,130,208 (1)18,636,532 (1)18,847,519 (1)19,043,151 (1)19,629,588 (1)19,655,000 (1)20,547,909 (1)21,756,000 (1)23,299,132 (1)25,950,000 (1)27,801,023 (2)30,987,821 (1)31,122,387 (1)31,800,000 (1)31,964,956 (1)32,283,000 (1)33,702,731 (1)34,352,720 (1)34,374,300 (1)34,881,007 (1)35,000,000 (1)36,604,681 (1)36,828,330 (1)37,314,000 (1)39,047,321 (1)41,417,056 (1)46,118,793 (1)109,139,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)213,421,037 (1)241,499,431 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)434,254,119 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)2,040,000,000 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 151 options.Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AfghanistanWhere It Lives1 entryAfricaWhere It Lives97 entriesAlbaniaWhere It Lives6 entriesAnatoliaWhere It Lives1 entryThe AndesWhere It Lives1 entryAndorraWhere It Lives2 entriesAngolaWhere It Lives3 entriesAntarcticaWhere It Lives8 entriesAntigua and BarbudaWhere It Lives6 entriesArgentinaWhere It Lives37 entriesArmeniaWhere It Lives3 entriesAsiaWhere It Lives8 entriesAustraliaWhere It Lives4 entriesAustraliaWhere It Lives56 entriesAustriaWhere It Lives11 entriesAzerbaijanWhere It Lives5 entriesBahamasWhere It Lives8 entriesBahrainWhere It Lives2 entriesBangladeshWhere It Lives1 entryBarbadosWhere It Lives3 entriesBelarusWhere It Lives4 entriesBelgiumWhere It Lives62 entriesBelizeWhere It Lives11 entriesBoliviaWhere It Lives26 entriesBorneoWhere It Lives1 entryBosnia and HerzegovinaWhere It Lives5 entriesBotswanaWhere It Lives31 entriesBrazilWhere It Lives66 entriesBritish ColumbiaWhere It Lives1 entryBulgariaWhere It Lives7 entriesCabo VerdeWhere It Lives3 entriesCameroonWhere It Lives1 entryCanadaWhere It Lives24 entriesThe CaucasusWhere It Lives1 entryCentral AmericaWhere It Lives2 entriesChileWhere It Lives20 entriesChinaWhere It Lives12 entriesColombiaWhere It Lives68 entriesComorosWhere It Lives15 entriesCosta RicaWhere It Lives17 entriesCroatiaWhere It Lives5 entriesCubaWhere It Lives11 entriesCyprusWhere It Lives16 entriesCzechiaWhere It Lives9 entriesDenmarkWhere It Lives47 entriesDjiboutiWhere It Lives1 entryDominicaWhere It Lives3 entriesDominican RepublicWhere It Lives10 entriesEcuadorWhere It Lives58 entriesEgyptWhere It Lives3 entriesShowing 1 to 50 of 155, page 1 of 4.1234Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Mammaltier 2WikipediaMammal, lead sectionQuote, Mammal, lead sectionAll modern mammals give birth to live young, except the five species of monotremes, which lay eggs.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.