Mammals > Bats
Formally described in 2017 to honor Venezuelan mammalogist Adriana Jerez, Sturnira adrianae is an ecologically essential frugivorous bat inhabiting the cloud forests of northern Venezuela. Prior to genetic and morphometric revision, populations were lumped under...
Mammals > Bats
Described in 2017 and named in honor of celebrated naturalist Sir David Attenborough, Myotis attenboroughi is a tiny, highly agile vespertilionid bat endemic exclusively to the Caribbean island of Tobago. For decades considered an aberrant local variant of widespread...
Mammals > Shrews
Described from the mist-shrouded summit ridge of Mount Ngoc Linh in central Vietnam, Sokolov’s Shrew (Crocidura sokolovi) honors renowned Russian zoologist Vladimir Sokolov. Endemic to one of Indochina’s most biologically isolated mountain peaks, this...
Mammals > Shrews
Formally described in 2021 by the Zoological Survey of India, the Narcondam Island Shrew (Crocidura narcondamica) is a tiny, highly specialized insectivorous mammal endemic entirely to the remote volcanic island of Narcondam in the Andaman Sea. It is the first new...
Mammals > Bats
Discovered during ecological surveys in 2018 and formally described in 2021, the Nimba Mountain Orange Bat (Myotis nimbaensis) is a stunning, vividly colored vespertilionid bat restricted to the summit crest of Guinea’s Nimba Mountain range. Its dazzling...
Mammals > Bats
Described in 2010, the Amber Mountain Long-fingered Bat (Miniopterus ambohitrensis) is an endemic insectivorous bat restricted to the isolated volcanic peak of Montagne d’Ambre in northern Madagascar. Characterized by extraordinarily long third digits that fold...
Mammals > Rodents
The Mount Gaoligong Flying Squirrel (Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis) is an exceptionally rare, giant flying squirrel discovered in 2019 along the rugged Gaoligong mountain range of Yunnan, China. Forming only the third known species within the enigmatic genus...
Mammals > Lemurs
Goodman’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara) is a tiny, nocturnal cheirogaleid primate endemic to the primary rainforest canopies of eastern Madagascar. Described in 2005 and named in honor of esteemed field primatologist Steve Goodman, this diminutive lemur...
Mammals > Bats
Hill’s Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hilli) is one of the rarest and most elusive mammals on the African continent. Endemic exclusively to the misty, high-altitude rainforests of Nyungwe National Park in southwestern Rwanda, this critically endangered insectivorous...
Mammals > Whales
Rice’s Whale (Balaenoptera ricei) is one of the most critically endangered marine mammals on the planet and the only baleen whale species resident year-round in the Gulf of Mexico. Long presumed to be an isolated subpopulation of Bryde’s whale,...
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