Mammals > Didelphimorphia & Opossums
The Guajira Mouse Opossum (Marmosa xerophila) is a remarkable dry-adapted marsupial endemic strictly to the arid coastal thorn scrublands of the La Guajira Peninsula and Lake Maracaibo basin in northern South America. Unlike most members of the mouse opossum genus...
Mammals > Hipposideridae & Roundleaf Bats
The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros hypophyllus) is one of the most geographically restricted and critically imperiled mammalian species on the planet. Confined strictly to a single subterranean granite cave situated near the village of Hanumanahalli in the Kolar...
Mammals > Eupleridae & Malagasy Carnivores
The Broad-striped Malagasy Vontsira (Galidictis fasciata) is an enigmatic and beautifully marked small carnivoran endemic strictly to the humid, moss-draped evergreen rainforests of eastern Madagascar. Belonging to the family Eupleridae—an ancient lineage that...
Mammals > Herpestidae & Mongooses
Pousargues’s Mongoose (Dologale dybowskii), named in honor of the French zoologist Eugène de Pousargues, is one of the rarest, most secretive, and least understood small carnivorans on the African continent. Serving as the sole species within the monotypic genus...
Mammals > Pitheciidae & Saki Monkeys
Vanzolini’s Bald-faced Saki (Pithecia vanzolinii) is one of the most enigmatic and rarely observed primates in South America. Native to the remote, dense rainforests of the western Brazilian Amazon, this distinctive platyrrhine monkey vanished from scientific...
Mammals > Chlamyphoridae & Armadillos
The Greater Fairy Armadillo (Calyptophractus retusus), known locally in the Guaraní language as ‘tatú pichí ciego mayor’ or the Burmeister’s armadillo, is one of the most enigmatic and seldom-observed fossorial mammals in South America. Endemic to...
Mammals > Tenrecidae & Tenrecs
The Tailless Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus), locally known in Malagasy as the ‘tandraka’ or ‘trandraka,’ is the largest surviving member of the ancient Afrotherian family Tenrecidae. Endemic originally to the biodiverse wilderness of Madagascar,...
Mammals > Pteropodidae & Flying Foxes
The Rodrigues Flying Fox (Pteropus rodricensis), affectionately dubbed the ‘golden bat,’ is an extraordinary megabat endemic solely to the remote volcanic island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean. Renowned for its rich golden-blonde mantle and intelligent,...
Mammals > Mormoopidae & Ghost-faced Bats
The Antillean Ghost-faced Bat (Mormoops blainvillei) is one of the most anatomically extraordinary bats of the Caribbean, strictly endemic to the Greater Antillean islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. Belonging to the specialized family Mormoopidae,...
Mammals > Chrysochloridae & Golden Moles
Marley’s Golden Mole (Amblysomus marleyi) is an extraordinary, elusive subterranean mammal endemic to an extremely tiny geographic pocket along the eastern escarpment of Southern Africa. Confined to the moist scarp forests and sandy river valleys of the Lebombo...
