Country · Oceania
Animals of Papua New Guinea
4 animals on this site have a range that includes Papua New Guinea. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
Status
Class
Diet
Location
4 profiles
LCFish
Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
The clownfish lives inside the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone, which it cleans and defends in return.
Living
VUCrustaceans
Coconut crab
Birgus latro
The coconut crab is the largest land-living arthropod.
Living
LCReptiles
Saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile.
Living
EXMammals
Thylacine
Thylacinus cynocephalus
The thylacine was a striped, dog-shaped marsupial predator of Tasmania, mainland Australia and New Guinea.
ExtinctAI reconstruction
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