---
title: "Megalodon"
description: "Otodus megalodon — Vissen. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/megalodon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Megalodon

> Otodus megalodon — Vissen. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Otodus megalodon*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 116
- Wikidata: [Q25661318](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25661318)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1493507](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1493507)

## Names

- en: Megalodon
- de: Megalodon
- es: Megalodonte
- fr: Mégalodon

## Photo

![Megalodon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/megalodon/medium.jpg)

Photo: EvolutionIncarnate · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O._megalodon_reconstruction_2025.png

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/megalodon?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).