Great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Carcharodon carcharias
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Lamnidae
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Size
- Large (2–4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- It senses the faint electric fields of other animals through pores around its snout.
- Its teeth are replaced throughout life, with new ones waiting in rows behind the front ones.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q129026 · All animals · All entries