Great white shark
SpeciesSharks
A large, migratory shark found in tropical and temperate oceans worldwide.
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Great white shark
- Sharks
The great white shark, or white shark, is a robustly built species with a grayish upperside, white underside, and roughly 300 continuously replaced serrated teeth. It inhabits tropical and temperate waters worldwide, near coasts and in the open ocean, and migrates over long distances. An apex predator that feeds on marine mammals, squid, and fish, it is globally listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Scientific name
- Carcharodon carcharias
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable globally
- Diet
- Marine mammals, squid, and fish
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Great white shark (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q129026
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Pterantula (Terry Goss) at en.wikipedia. CC BY 2.5 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsPterantula (Terry Goss) at en.wikipedia, Derivative of w:Image:Whiteshark-TGoss5b.jpgModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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