🇹🇫What animals live in the French Southern Territories?

262,458 animal records from the French Southern Territories cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 262,458 records
• 1,200+ species
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Most-recorded animals in the French Southern Territories

	Animal	Group	Records
	southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina	Mammalia Phocidae	49,543
	Sea trout Salmo trutta	— Salmonidae	37,288
	Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Aves Diomedeidae	30,510
	Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii	Mammalia Phocidae	18,326
	Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	Aves Diomedeidae	8,158
	sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus	Mammalia Physeteridae	7,536
	Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella	Mammalia Otariidae	5,347
	Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar	— Salmonidae	4,573
	King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	Aves Spheniscidae	4,240
	orca Orcinus orca	Mammalia Delphinidae	1,835
	Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca	Aves Diomedeidae	1,779
	White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	Aves Procellariidae	1,608
	Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata	Aves Diomedeidae	1,590
	loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta	Testudines Cheloniidae	1,195
	Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli	Aves Procellariidae	1,061
	Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma	Aves Diomedeidae	887
	Antarctic lanternfish Electrona antarctica	— Myctophidae	716
	Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii	Mammalia Delphinidae	695
	Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus	Aves Stercorariidae	668
	Ctenocidaris nutrix	Echinoidea Ctenocidaridae	616
	southern right whale Eubalaena australis	Mammalia Balaenidae	603
	Rhombic lanternfish Krefftichthys anderssoni	— Myctophidae	595
	long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas	Mammalia Delphinidae	572
	Tenison’s lanternfish Protomyctophum tenisoni	— Myctophidae	562
	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus	Aves Laridae	538
	Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus	Aves Hydrobatidae	536
	Bolin’s lanternfish Protomyctophum bolini	— Myctophidae	527
	Fraser’s lanternfish Gymnoscopelus fraseri	— Myctophidae	521
	Nichol's lanternfish Gymnoscopelus nicholsi	— Myctophidae	509
	Abatus cordatus	Echinoidea Schizasteridae	500
	Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis	Aves Procellariidae	489
	Antarctic minke whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	488
	Brauer’s lanternfish Gymnoscopelus braueri	— Myctophidae	477
	Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	Aves Spheniscidae	443
	Kerguelen shag Leucocarbo verrucosus	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	437
	Sterechinus diadema	Echinoidea Echinidae	413
	Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea	Aves Procellariidae	411
	Cape Petrel Daption capense	Aves Procellariidae	405
	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus	Aves Laridae	365
	Rough lanternfish Electrona subaspera	— Myctophidae	361
	Eaton's Pintail Anas eatoni	Aves Anatidae	351
	Andriashev’s lanternfish Protomyctophum andriashevi	— Myctophidae	348
	Antarctic Feather Star Promachocrinus kerguelensis	Crinoidea Antedonidae	341
	Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus	Aves Procellariidae	339
	Carlsberg's lanternfish Electrona carlsbergi	— Myctophidae	339
	Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica	Aves Hydrobatidae	335
	Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata	Aves Laridae	333
	Antarctic spiny plunderfish Harpagifer antarcticus	— Harpagiferidae	332
	Diplasterias meridionalis	Asteroidea Asteriidae	327
	Slender escolar Paradiplospinus gracilis	— Gempylidae	317
	Antarctic jonafish Notolepis coatsi	— Paralepididae	317
	Boa dragonfish Stomias boa	— Stomiidae	309
	Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata	Aves Laridae	299
	Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger	Mammalia Delphinidae	288
	humped rockcod Gobionotothen gibberifrons	— Nototheniidae	275
	Black-faced Sheathbill Chionis minor	Aves Chionidae	275
	Grey notothen Lepidonotothen squamifrons	— Nototheniidae	274
	White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii	Aves Procellariidae	268
	Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis	Mammalia Otariidae	261
	Leptychaster kerguelenensis	Asteroidea Astropectinidae	258