NORTH AMERICA
WOOF!
LET ME SAY...HELLO!
What’s your name? My name is Paco, I’m a little dog...but I don’t feel little! Inside me I carry the heart of a passionate explorer and my dream is to travel all over the world to visit my wild cousins.
I will cross all continents: Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, America, from the tip of the extreme North to the farthest point in the South, to finally reach Antarctica - a whole frozen continent surrounded by the ocean. Then I will visit the Arctic, at the opposite pole of the Earth, where a frozen ocean is surrounded by continents.
I can’t wait to complete my atlas, by positioning each animal on the land where they live.
Hey, I’ve got an idea: let’s do this journey together! Travel with me in this wonderful wild adventure across the globe!
AFRICA
Africa is mostly covered with savannah, where the largest animals in the world live. To the North, there is a vast hot desert, the Sahara, whereas in the central part are the thick rainforests. There are also really tall mountains, like Kilimanjaro, and many lakes. Africa also hosts the longest river in the world: the Nile.
RHINOCEROS
The tip of its nose features two horns of different sizes, that grow throughout its life and are made of the same components as hair and nails.
LION
It is a large feline that lives in the savannah. It sleeps for many hours a day because hunting is a job left to the lionesses, which captures enough prey to feed the entire pack.
CHEETAH
It is the fastest animal on Earth. It runs as fast as a car, using its claws to get purchase on the ground and its long tail to maintain balance.
CHIMPANZEE
LEOPARD
GIRAFFE ELEPHANT
ZEBRA
CAMEL ORYX
BUFFALO
GORILLA
HIPPOPOTAMUS
LEMUR
CHAMELEON
CROCODILE O
HARK WHALE SHARK
GOLDEN EAGLE
REINDEER
BADGER
BROWN BEAR
WOLF
IBEX
SWORD FISH
WILD BOAR
DEER
OTTER
ASIA
Asia is the biggest continent and for this reason, it features many different types of environment: the frozen woods in the North, the impenetrable rainforests in the South, an immense desert in the center and many, many islands. In Asia we can also find the Himalayas, a range of incredible mountains, amongst which is Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
PANDA
It is a black and white bear that eats bamboo leaves. It grasps them from the plant using a thumb-like bone, which means that it actually has six toes on each paw. It is a very lazy animal.
TIGER
RED-CROWNED CRANE
It has long legs that allow it to walk through the shallow waters of ponds, where it captures small aquatic animals. It is famous for its graceful dancing.
It is the largest feline in the world. It lives in the jungle, where it camouflages behind trees, thanks to its striped coat. It normally hunts at night.
SPECTACLED COBRA
INDIAN RHINOCEROS
ASIAN ELEPHANT
YAK
SNOW LEOPARD
BIRD OF PARADISE
KOI
BARRACUDA
GOBI CAMEL
RHINOCEROS
LONG-NOSED MONKEY ANTEATER
ELEPHANT
GIANT OCTOPUS
GIBBON
RED PANDA
OCEANIA
Oceania includes most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The biggest of them all is Australia where there are many dry and deserted areas. For this reason its inhabitants are mainly located along the coast line. Not too far from its coasts, the ocean waters host the Great Coral Reef, where we can find many species of colorful fish.
KANGAROO
It moves swiftly by making long leaps with its long legs. The babies spend a long time inside the mom’s marsupial pouch, where they are breastfed until they can eat.
KOALA
It climbs eucalyptus trees and eats its leaves. The babies spend six months inside the mom’s marsupial pouch and another six months hanging on her back.
WHITE SHARK
It has a white belly and a grey back, with a large fin on top. It is a fearsome predator, with its mouth counting 300 sharp triangular teeth positioned on seven rows.
DINGO
WOMBAT
WALLABY
ECHIDNAS
COCKATOO
TIGER QUOLL
FRILL-NECKED LIZARD
PLATYPUS
HAMMERHEAD SHARK
TASMANIAN DEVIL
EMU
RED LIONFISH
CORAL REEF
TUATARA
KIWI
CAMEL
GIANT MAN TA R AY
NARWHAL
NORTH AMERICA
North America is rich with lakes, forests, prairies and swamps. There are deserts and one of the hottest places on Earth, called the Death Valley. The Rocky Mountains range and the beautiful Hawaii islands are also part of this continent.
PUMA
It’s a solitary predator that normally hunts at the break of dawn or at sunset, and catches its prey by surprise by leaping on it. Its habitat is both up in the mountains and in the forests.
GRIZZLY BEAR
BEAVER
It’s a big bear that lives in the forest and eats roots and fruits. It is also a hunter and skilled salmon fisher. It spends winter hibernating in a protected place.
It loves living near rivers and it often blocks their flow by building dams with tree branches. This way, it forms a small lake, at the center of which it builds a partially underwater shelter.
EARED
SALMON MUSKOX
MOOSE
RACCOON
POLAR BEAR
RED SQUIRREL
PRAIRIE DOG
SKUNKS
BALD EAGLE
PIT VIPER
BYSON ALLIGATOR
WALRUS
MARLIN
ARCTIC FOX
SOUTH AMERICA
The largest part of South America is occupied by the Amazon forest, a habitat flourishing with many species of plants and rare animals. Running along the western side, the Andes is the longest mountain range in the world. South America also hosts the Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall above ground.
TOUCAN
It lives in the forest and features a big colorful beak that it uses to pick fruit. It is not very good at flying, because its wings are quite small.
JAGUAR
It lives a solitary life, hiding amongst the trees in the jungle. It attacks any animal in its way, often by jumping on it from a rock or a tree branch above.
SLOTH
It is a slow, lazy animal that spends its day hanging from a tree branch in the rainforest. It mainly eats leaves, which it takes a month to digest.
MARINE
ARMADILLO
ANACONDA
HUMMINGBIRD
KILLER WHALE
RIVER DOLPHIN
GUANACO
TAPIR
CAPYBARA
SCARLET MACAW
BLACK CAIMAN
PIRANHA
DART FROG
GIANT TURTLE
SCARLET IBIS
SOUTHERN RIGHT WH A L E
ANTARCTICA
Also called South Pole, Antarctica is a vast continent surrounded by the ocean and almost completely covered in ice. As it never rains there, it is considered a cold desert. It is constantly swept by strong icy winds and the temperature remains low; that’s why there are no plants and not many animals can live there.
LEOPARD SEAL
It has dark spots all over its body that recall a leopard’s fur and, like a leopard, it is a great predator. It attacks penguins both out at sea and on the ice.
EMPEROR PENGUIN
It is the biggest species of penguin. Although it’s a bird, it can’t fly. The female lays just one egg that is hatched by the father by keeping it warm under its belly for 2 months.
ROSS SEAL
ALBATROSS
GENTOO PENGUIN
ELEPHANT SEAL
WEDDELL SEAL
ADELIE PENGUIN
PROCELLARIA
SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL
ANTARCTIC DOLPHIN
