Tapanuli Orangutan

Mammals > Primates

The Tapanuli Orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) is the most recently identified and rarest great ape species on Earth, officially described by scientists in November 2017. Confined entirely to a tiny, isolated pocket of rugged submontane rainforest spanning barely 400...

Nilgiri Tahr

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) is the sole wild caprid native to southern India, an agile ungulate specialized for life along the mist-draped granite escarpments of the Western Ghats. Known locally as the ‘Varayaadu’ (cliff goat), this...

Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

Mammals > Marsupials

The Grizzled Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus) is a remarkable, heavy-bodied arboreal macropod native to the dense tropical rainforests of northern and western New Guinea. Reversing the evolutionary path of terrestrial kangaroos that bounded across prehistoric...

Bryde’s Whale

Mammals > Cetaceans

Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni), pronounced ‘broo-dus,’ is a sleek, medium-sized rorqual uniquely adapted to warm tropical and warm-temperate oceans worldwide. Unlike most baleen whales that undertake epic annual polar migrations to feed in...

Medellín Small-eared Shrew

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Medellín Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis medellinia) is a diminutive, highly specialized soricomorph mammal endemic to the high-elevation Andean cloud forests and páramo transitions of Colombia. First described scientifically from specimens gathered near the city of...

Hispid Hare

Mammals > Lagomorphs

The Hispid Hare (Caprolagus hispidus), also known as the Assam rabbit, is an elusive and severely imperiled lagomorph native to the dense, tall grasslands flanking the sub-Himalayan river valleys of northern South Asia. Unlike typical fleet-footed hares of open...

Hose’s Langur

Mammals > Primates

Hose’s Langur (Presbytis hosei) is an elegant, arboreal colobine monkey endemic to the pristine rainforests of northern and eastern Borneo. Instantly recognized by its striking steel-gray coat, crisp white underparts, and iconic black forehead crested with a...

Smooth-coated Otter

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is the largest otter species in Southeast Asia, renowned for its exceptionally short, velvety coat, rounded skull, and highly gregarious social behavior. Inhabiting vast river deltas, tranquil mangroves, and peat swamp...

Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat

Mammals > Bats

Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), affectionately known across the American South as the ‘southeastern big-eared bat,’ is a charismatic vespertilionid bat renowned for its monumental, rabbit-like ears that measure more than...

Bontebok

Mammals > Antelopes & Bovids

The Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) is an exceptionally striking medium-sized antelope endemic to the specialized fynbos and renosterveld coastal plains of South Africa’s Western Cape. Instantly distinguished by its rich chocolate-brown and iridescent purple-plum...