🇦🇶What animals live in Antarctica?

2,619,978 animal records from Antarctica cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 2,619,978 records
• 1,200+ species
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Most-recorded animals in Antarctica

	Animal	Group	Records
	southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina	Mammalia Phocidae	466,350
	Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii	Mammalia Phocidae	387,949
	Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae	Aves Spheniscidae	196,325
	crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga	Mammalia Phocidae	153,371
	Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri	Aves Spheniscidae	108,375
	Antarctisch krill Euphausia superba	Malacostraca Euphausiidae	91,330
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	67,040
	Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica	Aves Procellariidae	41,790
	Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella	Mammalia Otariidae	40,691
	Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea	Aves Procellariidae	35,632
	Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Aves Diomedeidae	25,714
	Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus	Aves Hydrobatidae	24,610
	Antarctic silverfish, Antarctic herring Pleuragramma antarctica	— Nototheniidae	23,871
	Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus	Aves Procellariidae	21,960
	Cape Petrel Daption capense	Aves Procellariidae	19,997
	Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides	Aves Procellariidae	19,141
	Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	Aves Spheniscidae	17,748
	Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	Aves Diomedeidae	15,350
	Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus	Aves Spheniscidae	15,044
	Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata	Aves Diomedeidae	13,020
	Oithona similis	Copepoda Oithonidae	12,713
	South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki	Aves Stercorariidae	12,348
	Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata	Aves Laridae	12,275
	Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	Aves Diomedeidae	12,249
	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus	Aves Laridae	12,203
	White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	Aves Procellariidae	11,874
	Imperial shag Leucocarbo atriceps	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	11,523
	Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus	Aves Stercorariidae	9,646
	King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	Aves Spheniscidae	8,644
	Thysanoessa macrura	Malacostraca Euphausiidae	8,380
	Rhincalanus gigas	Copepoda Rhincalanidae	7,889
	Antarctic lanternfish Electrona antarctica	— Myctophidae	7,795
	Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus	Aves Chionidae	7,432
	leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx	Mammalia Phocidae	7,021
	Antarctic toothfish, Antarctic cod, Antarctic blenny, Giant Antarctic cod Dissostichus mawsoni	— Nototheniidae	6,767
	Calanoides acutus	Copepoda Calanidae	6,509
	Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli	Aves Procellariidae	6,200
	Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata	Aves Procellariidae	6,178
	fin whale Balaenoptera physalus	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	5,759
	Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea	Aves Procellariidae	5,348
	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica	Aves Hydrobatidae	5,241
	blue whale Balaenoptera musculus	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	5,079
	Calanus simillimus	Copepoda Calanidae	4,964
	Antarctic Feather Star Promachocrinus kerguelensis	Crinoidea Antedonidae	4,495
	Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus	Aves Spheniscidae	4,459
	Antarctic jonafish, Antarctic jonasfish Notolepis coatsi	— Paralepididae	4,340
	Calanus propinquus	Copepoda Calanidae	3,916
	Antarctic coastal krill Euphausia crystallorophias	Malacostraca Euphausiidae	3,602
	Emerald rockcod Trematomus bernacchii	— Nototheniidae	3,534
	Metridia gerlachei	Copepoda Metridinidae	3,408
	Themisto gaudichaudii	Malacostraca Hyperiidae	3,357
	Clausocalanus brevipes	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	3,288
	orca Orcinus orca	Mammalia Delphinidae	3,084
	Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos	Aves Diomedeidae	2,964
	Antarctic Big-eye Smelt Bathylagus antarcticus	— Bathylagidae	2,714
	Clausocalanus laticeps	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	2,617
	Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix	Aves Pelecanoididae	2,423
	Chionodraco hamatus	— Channichthyidae	2,290
	short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris	Aves Procellariidae	2,269
	Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Aves Laridae	2,258