| Biome |
A major habitat type. The WWF has identified 26 major habitat types.
- Boreal Forests/Taiga
- Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
- Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
- Large Lakes
- Large River Deltas
- Large River Headwaters
- Large Rivers
- Mangroves
- Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
- Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
- Polar
- Small Lakes
- Small Rivers
- Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
- Temperate Coniferous Forests
- Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
- Temperate Shelf and Seas
- Temperate Upwelling
- Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Tropical Coral
- Tropical Upwelling
- Tundra
- Xeric Basins
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| Current |
Ocean water movement caused by natural forces.
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| Ecoregion |
A specific habitat region. The WWF has identified 825 land ecoregions, 426 fresh water ecoregions and 229 salt water ecoregions.
WWF Ecoregions |
| Ecosystem |
A species environment.
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| Ecozone |
A large geographic region with related plants and animals. The WWF has identified 8 ecozones.
Afrotropic (Sub-Saharan Africa),
Antarctic (Antarctica),
Australasia (Australia, New Guinea, and neighboring islands),
Indo-Malayan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Southeast Asia),
Nearctic (North America),
Neotropic (South America and the Caribbean),
Oceania (Polynesia, Fiji and Micronesia),
Palearctic (most of Eurasia and North Africa). Holarctic refers to Nearctic and Palearctic combined.
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| Exclusive Economic Zone |
A countries ocean area that extends from its coast out to 200 miles. A country has special rights regarding the
economic use of the resources in this zone.
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| Seamount |
Underwater mountain
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| Institution |
Organization with captive species. Ex. Zoo, wildlife refuge, etc.
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| IUCN Protected Area Management Categories |
| Ia | Strict Nature Reserve: protected area managed mainly for science. |
| Ib | Wilderness Area: protected area managed mainly for wilderness protection. |
| II | National Park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation. |
| III | Natural Monument: protected area managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features. |
| IV | Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention. |
| V | Protected Landscape/Seascape: protected area managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation and recreation. |
| VI | Managed Resource Protected Area: protected area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems. |
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| Subtropical |
The part of a Temperate region that is closest to the Tropical region. Has very little freezing temperatures.
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| Temperate |
Located between the Tropical region and the Polar regions of the earth.
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| Tropical |
Located in the equatorial region of the earth, between the Tropic of Cancer latitudinal line in the north and the
Tropic of Capricorn latitudinal line in the south.
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| Unverified Name |
A scientific name that has not been verified with an authority. They can be misspellings or synonyms or new species.
These species are not include in the total counts.
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| WWF |
World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly the World Wildlife Fund) |
| Xeric |
Requiring very little water to live.
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