Amami Rabbit

Mammals > Lagomorphs

The Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), known in Japan as ‘Amamino kuro-usagi,’ is a primitive, dark-furred lagomorph surviving strictly on two small subtropical islands in the Nansei Archipelago of southwestern Japan. Often heralded as a ‘living...

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Mammals > Pinnipeds

The Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) is an ancient, solitary earless seal endemic exclusively to the remote coral atolls and volcanic islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. Known in Hawaiian as ‘Ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua’ (the dog that runs in rough...

Temminck’s Ground Pangolin

Mammals > Pangolins

Temminck’s Ground Pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also known as the Cape pangolin, is an ancient, armored mammal inhabiting the savanna woodlands of eastern and southern Africa. Encased in an impenetrable coat of overlapping keratin scales, this gentle, solitary...

Togian Babirusa

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Togian Babirusa (Babyrousa togeanensis), famously known as the ‘deer-pig’ of the Togian archipelago, is the largest and rarest of all surviving babirusa species. Strictly endemic to four small, lush islands off the coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia,...

Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus

Mammals > Primates

Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus (Piliocolobus waldronae) is one of the most critically imperiled primates on Earth, an iconic arboreal folivore endemic to the Upper Guinean forest hotspot of West Africa. First described in 1936, this magnificent monkey was feared to...

Celebes Shrew Rat

Mammals > Rodents

The Celebes Shrew Rat (Crunomys celebensis) is an elusive, highly specialized terrestrial murine rodent endemic to the primary montane rainforests of central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Evolving in the biogeographical isolation of Wallacea, this carnivorous rodent represents...

Namdapha Flying Squirrel

Mammals > Rodents

The Namdapha Flying Squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) is one of the world’s rarest and most enigmatic arboreal rodents, known to science from a single type specimen collected in 1981 in the dense jungles of northeastern India. Inhabiting the steep, mist-cloaked...

Caquetá Titi

Mammals > Primates

The Caquetá Titi (Plecturocebus caquetensis) is one of the world’s most endangered and geographically restricted primate species, described to Western science only in 2010. Endemic exclusively to a small, intensely fragmented lowland forest belt between the...

Plateau Pika

Mammals > Pikas

The Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae), also known as the black-lipped pika, is a small, non-hibernating lagomorph native to the sweeping, windswept alpine steppes of the Tibetan Plateau. Resembling a rounded, tailless guinea pig with short, rounded ears, this...

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

Mammals > Bats

The Greater Broad-nosed Bat (Platyrrhinus vittatus) is an impressive, canopy-dwelling frugivorous phyllostomid bat native to the lush montane cloud forests of Central America and the northern Andes. Recognized by its prominent fleshy noseleaf, striking bright white...