Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Sado Mole (Mogera tokudae) is an evolutionary distinct subterranean mammal endemic to Japan, centered on the historic island of Sado in the Sea of Japan and localized coastal plains of Honshu. Significantly larger and more robust than mainland Japanese mole...
Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Desert Rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), also known historically as the oolacunta, is one of the most enigmatic and specialized arid-adapted marsupials of Australia. First documented in the mid-19th century and rediscovered briefly in the 1930s across the...
Mammals > Chiroptera
The White-winged Vampire Bat (Diaemus youngi) is one of only three obligate sanguivorous mammal species in the world, specialized almost exclusively in feeding upon the blood of roosting birds. Ranging across tropical and subtropical rainforests of the Americas, this...
Mammals > Carnivora
The Nilgiri Marten (Martes gwatkinsii) is the only marten species native to peninsular India, found exclusively within the mist-swathed montane rainforests and high-elevation shola grasslands of the southern Western Ghats. Cloaked in glossy chocolate-brown fur...
Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (Ailurops ursinus) is a primitive, slow-moving arboreal marsupial endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Representing one of the oldest lineages within the order Diprotodontia, this charismatic tree-dweller possesses a dense, dark coat...
Mammals > Rodentia
The Gobi Jerboa (Allactaga bullata) is a delightfully eccentric bipedal rodent perfectly engineered to conquer the extreme thermal swings and barren expanses of the Gobi Desert. Belonging to the family Dipodidae, this diminutive desert athlete combines kangaroo-like...
Mammals > Cingulata
The Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus), affectionately called the ‘pichiciego’ in its native Argentina, is the smallest armadillo species in the world and one of the most anatomically peculiar mammals alive. Perfectly adapted for a subterranean...
Mammals > Cetaceans
The Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), famously nicknamed the ‘unicorn of the sea,’ is an enigmatic Arctic cetacean belonging to the family Monodontidae alongside the beluga whale. Thriving year-round amidst dense polar drift ice and freezing pack leads across...
Mammals > Rodents
The Patagonian Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) is a distinctively specialized, large-bodied hystricomorph rodent endemic to the windswept grasslands and arid steppes of Argentina. Resembling an unusual hybrid between a miniature deer and a long-legged hare, this cursorial...
Mammals > Rodents
The Colonial Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis) is a fascinating subterranean rodent native exclusively to the subalpine Patagonian steppe of southwestern Argentina. Unlike nearly all other species in the diverse tuco-tuco family—which are fiercely territorial and...
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