List of apex predators
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This is a partial list of apex predators - those that are not preyed upon as healthy adults in the wild.
[edit] Apex predators
- African Wild Dog
- American Alligator
- Anaconda
- Antarctic skua
- Badger
- Bald Eagle
- Black Bear
- Black Caiman
- Bobcat
- Brown Bear
- Cat* [1]
- Cheetah
- Cougar
- Dhole
- Dingo
- Dog*
- Electric Eel
- Giant Otter
- Giant Trevally [2]
- Golden Eagle
- Gray Wolf
- Great Horned Owl
- Harpy Eagle
- Harrier Hawk
- Human*
- Hyena
- Jaguar
- King Cobra
- Komodo Dragon
- Lake Trout[3]
- Leopard seal [4]
- Leopard
- Lion
- Lynx
- Murray Cod
- Nile Crocodile
- Orca
- Polar Bear
- Ratel
- Reticulated Python
- River Dolphin
- Saltwater Crocodile
- Smallmouth Bass[3]
- Snapping Turtle
- Snow Leopard
- Sperm whale
- Tiger
- Walrus
- Wolverine
Notes: Animals with an "*" are only apex predators as introduced species
[edit] Extinct apex predators
- Allosaurus
- American Lion
- Andrewsarchus
- Anomalocaris
- Basilosaurus
- Cameroceras
- Deinonychus
- Deinosuchus
- Dimetrodon
- Dunkleosteus [1]
- Gastornis
- Gorgonops
- Haast's Eagle
- Hyaenodon
- Liopleurodon
- Megalodon
- Neanderthal Man
- Phorusrhacos
- Smilodon
- Thylacine
- Thylacoleo
- Tyrannosaurus
- Velociraptor
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ Meng Fan, Yang Kuang, and Zhilan Feng (September 2005). "Cats protecting birds revisited". Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 67(5): 1081-1106. ISSN: 0092-8240. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
- ^ DeMartini, Edward E., Friedlander, Alan M., and Holzwarth, Stephani R. (2005). "Size at sex change in protogynous labroids, prey body size distributions, and apex predator densities at NW Hawaiian atolls". Marine ecology progress series 297: 259 -271. ISSN: 0171-8630. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
- ^ a b Lepak, Jesse M., Kraft, Clifford E., and Weidel, Brian C. (2006). "Rapid Food Web Recovery in Response to Removal of an Introduced Apex Predator". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63(3): 569-575. ISSN: 0706-652X. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
- ^ Kuhn, Carey E., McDonald, Birgitte I., Shaffer, Scott A., Barnes, Julie, Crocker, Daniel E., Burns, Jennifer, and Costa, Daniel P. (2006). "Diving physiology and winter foraging behavior of a juvenile leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)". Polar Biology 29(4): 303-307. ISSN: 0722-4060. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
