Mammals > Primates & Platyrrhines
Cazuza’s Saki (Pithecia cazuzai) is a distinctive, shaggy New World primate described during a comprehensive taxonomic revision of saki monkeys in 2014. Named in honor of prominent Brazilian primatologist Dr. Alfredo Langguth (nicknamed Cazuza), this elusive...
Mammals > Chiroptera & Fruit Bats
Bulmer’s Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is one of the rarest, most endangered, and enigmatic bats in the world. First described from 12,000-year-old fossil bones unearthed in a prehistoric rock shelter and thought to have vanished at the end of the Pleistocene,...
Mammals > Cingulata & Armadillos
The Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) is a small, heavily armored burrowing xenarthran native to the arid scrublands and savannas of central and southern South America. Named for its abundant shaggy coat of pale bristles protruding between its...
Mammals > Cervidae & Even-toed Ungulates
The Tufted Deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) is an elusive, solitary ungulate native to the mist-shrouded, high-elevation montane forests of central and southwestern China. Characterized by a prominent tuft of dark, bristly hair standing up to four inches high on its...
Mammals > Gymnures & Hedgehogs
The Moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura), also known as the gymnure, is the largest extant member of the hedgehog family (Erinaceidae), despite completely lacking defensive spines. Native to the sultry, swampy lowland jungles of Southeast Asia, this solitary, primarily...
