Mammals > Dasyuridae & Carnivorous Marsupials
The Crest-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) is a robust, carnivorous marsupial endemic to the arid interior dunefields of Central Australia. Known colloquially among Aboriginal communities as the ampurta, this compact nocturnal hunter plays a keystone predatory...
Mammals > Dinomyidae & Pacaranas
The Pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a heavy-set, gentle herbivorous rodent indigenous to the mist-draped Andean cloud forests and upper Amazon valleys. The sole surviving member of the once vast prehistoric family Dinomyidae—which formerly included extinct behemoths...
Mammals > Leporidae & Rabbits
The Volcano Rabbit (Romerolagus diazi), affectionately known locally as the Teporingo or Zacatuche, is one of the most distinctive and endangered lagomorphs in the world. Endemic strictly to the volcanic slopes encircling the Valley of Mexico at dizzying altitudes up...
Mammals > Macroscelididae & Sengis
The Round-eared Sengi (Macroscelides proboscideus), historically referred to as the round-eared elephant shrew, is an adorable, high-velocity miniature mammal native to the stony gravel plains and arid scrub of southern Africa. Despite superficially resembling a...
Mammals > Mystacinidae & Short-tailed Bats
The New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bat (Mystacina tuberculata), known in Māori as the pekapeka-tou-poto, is one of the most evolutionarily distinct and remarkable bats on Earth. As one of only two surviving native terrestrial mammal species in New Zealand, this...
Mammals > Muridae & Shrew Rats
The Northern Luzon Shrew Rat (Rhynchomys soricoides) is an extraordinary, highly specialized rodent endemic to the misty cloud forests of the Cordillera Central mountains on Luzon Island, Philippines. Exhibiting one of the most remarkable instances of convergent...
Mammals > Sciuridae & Oriental Tree Squirrels
Perny’s Long-nosed Squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) is a distinctive, high-altitude arboreal rodent native to the cloud forests and mountain ranges of southwestern China and the eastern Himalayas. Characterized by its noticeably elongated, tapering muzzle and rich...
Mammals > Bathyergidae & African Mole-rats
The Damaraland Mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) is a subterranean rodent native to southwestern Africa that represents one of the exceptionally rare instances of true eusociality among mammals. Inhabiting the arid red dunes and thornscrub of the Kalahari Desert, these...
Mammals > Potamogalidae & Otter Shrews
The Nimba Otter Shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei) is an extraordinary, highly specialized semi-aquatic mammal belonging to the archaic afrotherian family Potamogalidae. Strictly endemic to the misty montane river corridors of the Mount Nimba massif in West Africa, this...
Mammals > Ptilocercidae & Treeshrews
The Pen-tailed Treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii) is the sole living representative of the family Ptilocercidae, holding a unique phylogenetic position as the most primitive extant member of the order Scandentia. Unlike all other treeshrews, which are diurnal and...
