Mammals > Suidae & Babirusas
The Buru Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), also known as the hairy or golden babirusa, is one of the most bizarre and iconic suids on the planet, endemic strictly to the remote tropical islands of Buru, Mangole, and Taliabu in eastern Indonesia. Famed for its legendary...
Mammals > Petauridae & Gliders
The Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis) is one of Australia’s rarest, most exquisite, and highly threatened arboreal marsupials. Thought to be extinct for over a century after its initial discovery in 1886, this majestic nocturnal glider was miraculously...
Mammals > Cercopithecidae & Old World Monkeys
The Black Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), also celebrated as the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, is the highest-dwelling non-human primate on planet Earth, thriving at breath-taking elevations exceeding 14,000 feet in the rugged Hengduan Mountains of southwestern...
Mammals > Abrocomidae & Chinchilla Rats
Bennett’s Chinchilla Rat (Abrocoma bennettii), known locally in Chile as the ‘ratón chinchilla,’ is a unique and charismatic caviomorph rodent endemic strictly to the Mediterranean-climate ecosystems of central Chile. Belonging to the small,...
Mammals > Didelphidae & Opossums
The Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus), widely known across South America by its indigenous Guaranà name ‘Yapok,’ holds the prestigious biological distinction of being the world’s only living truly semi-aquatic marsupial. Inhabiting the pristine,...
Mammals > Sciuridae & Flying Squirrels
The Woolly Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) is one of the rarest, heaviest, and most anatomically enigmatic gliding mammals in the world. Endemic to the dizzying vertical crags and subalpine conifer groves of the Western Himalayas, this massive sciurid was long...
Mammals > Pitheciidae & Saki Monkeys
The White-nosed Saki (Chiropotes albinasus) is one of the most distinctive and anatomically specialized arboreal primates of the South American continent. Endemic strictly to the continuous tropical rainforests of the south-central Brazilian Amazon, this charismatic...
Mammals > Pitheciidae & Titi Monkeys
Coimbra Filho’s Titi (Callicebus coimbrai) is one of the most imperiled and rarely seen primates in South America, endemic exclusively to tiny, fragmented remnants of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. Named in honor of legendary Brazilian primatologist...
Mammals > Sciuridae & Flying Squirrels
The Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is one of the most magnificent and massive arboreal rodents on Earth. Clothed in a striking, high-contrast coat of fiery russet-orange mantle, snowy-white underbelly, and a creamy-white mask, this colossal...
Mammals > Erinaceidae & Gymnures
The Long-eared Gymnure (Hylomys megalotis) is a rare and secretive eulipotyphlan mammal endemic strictly to the dramatic limestone karst towers of central Laos. Belonging to the hedgehog and moonrat family Erinaceidae, this primitive insectivore lacks spines,...
