Western Spotted Skunk

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis) is an acrobatic, weasel-like carnivoran celebrated for its extraordinary and dramatic defensive threat display: performing a vertical handstand on its front paws before spraying. Far more agile and fast-moving than the...

Rock Pocket Mouse

Mammals > Rodents

The Rock Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius) is a famous, small desert rodent celebrated globally as a textbook example of rapid evolutionary adaptation and natural selection. Inhabiting the rocky deserts of the American Southwest, populations living on pale...

Merriam’s Kangaroo Rat

Mammals > Rodents

Merriam’s Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami) is an extraordinary, bipedal desert rodent native to the arid desert basins of North America. Renowned for its kangaroo-like hopping locomotion and its astonishing ability to live its entire life without ever taking a...

Beira

Mammals > Antelopes & Gazelles

The Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis) is an extraordinary, elusive dwarf antelope endemic to the scorched, vertical limestone mountains of the Horn of Africa. The sole member of its genus, this agile mountain cliff-scaler is instantly recognized by its colossal,...

Swamp Antechinus

Mammals > Marsupials

The Swamp Antechinus (Antechinus minimus) is a specialist carnivorous marsupial uniquely adapted to the wet, windswept coastal heathlands and dense tussock grasslands of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Distinguished by its warm yellowish-brown fur, stocky build,...

Tasmanian Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

The Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), also celebrated as the Red-bellied Pademelon, is a compact, robust macropod endemic to the island of Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. While eradicated from the Australian mainland in the 19th century following the...

White-bellied Duiker

Mammals > Antelopes & Gazelles

The White-bellied Duiker (Cephalophus leucogaster) is an elegant, secretive forest antelope endemic to the vast, humid tropical rainforests of the Congo Basin in Central Africa. Named for its immaculate, crisp white underside that contrasts sharply with its rich...

Dusky Antechinus

Mammals > Marsupials

The Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii), also known as Swainson’s Antechinus, is the largest, most cold-adapted member of the carnivorous marsupial genus Antechinus. Inhabiting cool mountain gullies, dense fern forests, and snow-covered alpine meadows of...

Dusky Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

The Dusky Pademelon (Thylogale brunii), historically known as the Bruijn’s Pademelon or Aru Island Wallaby, holds historical fame as the very first Australasian macropod ever described by Europeans when Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruijn illustrated it in 1711....

Abbott’s Duiker

Mammals > Antelopes & Gazelles

Abbott’s Duiker (Cephalophus spadix), known locally in Swahili as Mindi, is one of the rarest, largest, and most enigmatic forest antelopes on planet Earth. Confined entirely to a handful of mist-shrouded montane forest ‘sky islands’ in Tanzania—most...