WHITE SHARK

By: Victoria, Gonzalo, Nahiara, Alma and Felipe

  Scientific name 

• Carcharodon carcharias

• Also called great white shark or White pointer.

 White Shark´s classification:

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Chondrichthyes
• Order: Lamniformes
• Family: Lamnidae
• Genus : Carcharodon
• Species: Carcharias
How do we identify a White shark?
Does the shark have a pointed snout? Yes No

Is its vential side white? Yes No

 Adaptative features
Due to their great smell, they are able to detect
very small animlas in the sea
They have an electromagnetic sense
They do not have a great sight
Sharp teeth
Sensory systems

They detect prays even when they are

camouflaged
 Closest species to the white shark:
A) Mako Shark (Isurus spp.):It is smaller in size and has a more
streamlined body. It has slender teeth and

B) Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo Cuvier): It has a distinctive pattern of

dark vertical stripes on its body and has a broad, blunt snout. It
is known for its scavenging behavior and is often referred to as
the "garbage can of the sea."
 What is a species

Is a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Lowest and most specific rank

It´s a basic unit of biological classification.

 Loosing its adaptative feature

If it happened to loose the sense of smell it would cause:

Significant impact on its ability to locate prays

The foraging success would be severely compromised
It would have to rely on the other senses
Thank you

Victoria, Gonzalo, Nahiara, Alma and Felipe