Doria’s Tree-kangaroo

Mammals > Marsupials

Doria’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus dorianus) is a colossal, heavy-bodied arboreal marsupial that reigns over the cloud-draped mountain rainforests of New Guinea. Weighing over 30 pounds, this magnificent folivore represents one of evolution’s most...

Somali Elephant Shrew

Mammals > Sengis

The Somali Elephant Shrew (Galegeeska revoilii), also known as the Somali sengi, is a legendary survivor from the Horn of Africa. Feared lost to science for over five decades following its initial collection in the late 19th century, a high-profile scientific...

Chacoan Mara

Mammals > Rodents

The Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola) is a fleet-footed, desert-adapted caviid rodent native to the thorny wilderness of South America’s Gran Chaco. Often mistaken for a miniature hare or miniature deer due to its long slender legs, upright carriage, and...

Elisabeth’s Yellow-eared Bat

Mammals > Bats

Elisabeth’s Yellow-eared Bat (Vampyressa elisabethae) is a miniature, canopy-dwelling phyllostomid bat discovered in the misty mountain forests of western Panama. Formally described in 2014, this elusive mammal is distinguished by its vivid yellow ear margins...

Rufous Trident Bat

Mammals > Bats

The Rufous Trident Bat (Triaenops menamena) is a remarkable Malagasy microbat renowned for its bizarre, ornate cranial morphology. Endemic across Madagascar’s arid western and southern bio-regions, this agile flyer navigates subterranean caverns and thorny...

Leuser Gymnure

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Leuser Gymnure (Hylomys vorax) is an ancient, soft-furred relative of spiny hedgehogs discovered and formally described in late 2023 following an extensive multinational phylogenetic audit of Southeast Asian moonrats. Endemic strictly to the cloud-draped peaks of...

Sato’s Beaked Whale

Mammals > Cetaceans

Sato’s Beaked Whale (Berardius minimus) is a remarkable deep-diving cetacean formally described by marine taxonomists in 2019, confirming decades of oral history from traditional Japanese whalers who spoke of a mysterious, small black whale known as...

Kayan Slow Loris

Mammals > Primates

The Kayan Slow Loris (Nycticebus kayan) is an enigmatic, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate endemic to the central and northern highlands of Borneo. Officially recognized as a distinct species in 2012 following comprehensive morphological and genetic audits of Bornean...

Panay Cloud Runner

Mammals > Cloud Rats

The Panay Cloud Runner (Crateromys heaneyi) is an extraordinary, squirrel-like giant arboreal rodent described to science in 1996 from the isolated misty peaks of the Central Panay Mountain Range in the Philippines. Named in honor of American field biologist Dr....

North African Elephant Shrew

Mammals > Elephant Shrews

The North African Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus rozeti), also known as the North African sengi, holds a singular evolutionary position as the only surviving member of the entire order Macroscelidea found north of the Sahara Desert. Inhabiting the rugged, arid foothills...