Mammals > Artiodactyla
The Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), often romantically dubbed the ‘Asian Unicorn,’ is one of the most astonishing zoological discoveries of the late twentieth century. Formally described by scientists in 1993 following expeditions in the Annamite Range of...
Mammals > Monotremata
Sir David’s Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) is an extraordinary monotreme mammal endemic exclusively to the rugged, cloud-draped peaks of the Cyclops Mountains in Indonesian New Guinea. Described from a single specimen collected in 1961, it was...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Sao Tome Shrew (Crocidura fingui) is an elusive, island-endemic soricomorph mammal described in 2015 from the isolated volcanic island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea, Central Africa. Distinguished from its sympatric sister species, the critically endangered...
Mammals > Primates
Groves’ Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus grovesi) is a recently described Neotropical primate discovered in 2019 during biodiversity surveys in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Named in honor of the renowned British-Australian primatologist Colin Groves, this small,...
Mammals > Primates
Jonah’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus jonahi) is a captivating, recently described strepsirrhine primate endemic to the imperiled lowland humid rainforests of northeastern Madagascar. Formally recognized by primatologists in 2020, this diminutive nocturnal creature...
Mammals > Primates
The Dryas Monkey (Cercopithecus dryas), historically known as the Salonga monkey or ntotu, is one of the rarest, most enigmatic Old World primates on Earth. Restricted entirely to a handful of remote, swamp-surrounded forest blocks deep within the equatorial Congo...
Mammals > Chiroptera
The Greater Monkey-faced Bat (Pteralopex flanneryi) is a colossal, critically imperiled pteropodid fruit bat endemic exclusively to the remote oceanic islands of the Solomon archipelago. First scientifically distinguished in 2005 and named after Australian mammalogist...
Mammals > Primates
The Niger Delta Red Colobus (Piliocolobus epieni) is one of the most endangered and localized primate species on the African continent. Discovered scientifically in 1993, this charismatic arboreal monkey is confined entirely to a fragile, flood-prone mosaic of...
Mammals > Chiroptera
Peters’s Flat-headed Bat (Platymops petrophilus) is an extraordinary, highly specialized free-tailed bat native to the rocky landscapes and savanna inselbergs of eastern and southern Africa. Renowned among mammalogists for its astonishingly compressed cranial...
Mammals > Rodentia
The Chercher Mountain Brush-furred Rat (Lophuromys chercherensis) is a rare and ecologically distinct rodent restricted to the mist-shrouded montane forests of the Chercher Mountain range in eastern Ethiopia. Belonging to a specialized African lineage noted for stiff,...
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