Mammals > Potoroids & Diprotodontia
The Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is a small, rabbit-sized marsupial belonging to the family Potoroidae, occupying a crucial ecological role as a keystone mycophagous ecosystem engineer across southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Diverging within the order...
Mammals > Myrmecophagids & Pilosa
The Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), commonly known across South America as the lesser anteater or collared anteater, is a medium-sized, highly versatile semi-arboreal xenarthran mammal belonging to the anteater family Myrmecophagidae. Indigenous to the vast...
Mammals > Felids & Carnivorans
The Pallas Cat (Otocolobus manul), affectionately known across Central Asia by its native Mongolian name ‘manul’, is a stocky, extraordinarily expressive small wild felid belonging to the cat family Felidae. Indigenous to the freezing, windswept montane...
Mammals > Hyaenids & Carnivorans
The Aardwolf (Proteles cristata), whose Afrikaans name translates evocative to ‘earth wolf’, is a delicate, nocturnal insectivorous carnivoran belonging to the hyena family Hyaenidae. Natively inhabiting two disjunct populations across the open arid...
Mammals > Myrmecobiids & Dasyuromorphia
The Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), affectionately known as the banded anteater, is a petite, strikingly marked insectivorous marsupial belonging to the monotypic family Myrmecobiidae. Strictly endemic to the ancient eucalyptus forests of southwestern Australia, this...
Mammals > Macropodids & Diprotodontia
The Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) is widely celebrated across Australian mammalogy as the most brilliantly colored and visually striking member of the kangaroo and wallaby family Macropodidae. Indigenous to the rugged, sun-scorched quartzite...
Mammals > Pteropodids & Chiroptera
The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus) is a colossal, fruit-eating megabat belonging to the family Pteropodidae. Strictly endemic to the tropical rainforests of the Philippine archipelago, this magnificent airborne mammal is renowned as one of the...
Mammals > Canids & Carnivorans
The Dhole (Cuon alpinus), commonly known as the Asiatic wild dog, red dog, or whistling hunter, is a charismatic, hypercarnivorous social canid belonging to the monotypic genus Cuon. Historically roaming across vast expanses of Central, South, and East Asia, this...
Mammals > Hippopotamids & Artiodactyls
The Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is an elusive, solitary forest-dwelling ungulate belonging to the hippopotamus family Hippopotamidae. Native exclusively to the vanishing primary rainforests and river basins of West Africa’s Upper Guinean...
Mammals > Trichechids & Sirenians
The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus), affectionately celebrated across maritime lore as the gentle ‘sea cow’ whose rounded, buoyant silhouette inspired ancient sailor legends of mermaids, is a colossal, fully aquatic herbivorous mammal belonging to...
