Short-beaked Echidna

Mammals > Monotremes

The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), commonly known as the spiny anteater, is one of only five surviving species of monotremes—the world’s most primitive living mammalian order that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Clothed in a...

Common Vampire Bat

Mammals > Chiroptera

The Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) is an extraordinary mammalian specialist and one of only three mammal species on Earth adapted exclusively to a diet of blood (hematophagy). Native to the Neotropics, this nocturnal forager exhibits remarkable terrestrial...

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey

Mammals > Primates

The Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is a striking, cold-tolerant colobine primate endemic to the rugged mountain forests of central China. Noted for its radiant golden-orange pelage, pale blue facial skin, and flattened muzzle, this arboreal...

Small-toothed Mole

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Small-toothed Mole (Euroscaptor parvidens) is a secretive, highly specialized subterranean insectivore native to the misty highland cloud forests of the Annamite Range in Vietnam and Laos. Exhibiting anatomical adaptations refined for a life spent entirely...

Reeves’s Muntjac

Mammals > Cervidae

Reeves’s Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi), also known as the Chinese muntjac or barking deer, is a diminutive, primitive cervid indigenous to the dense subtropical forests of southeastern China and Taiwan. Possessing ancient anatomical features including prominent...

Himalayan Goral

Mammals > Bovidae

The Himalayan Goral (Naemorhedus goral) is an agile goat-antelope exquisitely specialized for life on the near-vertical cliff faces and rocky precipices of the Himalayan mountain chain. Belonging to the subfamily Caprinae, this sure-footed rupicolous herbivore...

Lowland Streaked Tenrec

Mammals > Afrosoricida

The Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is an eccentric afrotherian mammal native exclusively to the eastern rainforest belts of Madagascar. Belonging to Tenrecidae, this small spiny insectivore displays a bizarre blend of evolutionary features...

Western Stone Tomb Bat

Mammals > Chiroptera

The Western Stone Tomb Bat (Paremballonura tiavato) is an agile, diminutive sheath-tailed bat endemic to the dramatic limestone karst landscapes of western and northern Madagascar. Described to science in 2012 following taxonomic revisions of Malagasy emballonurids,...

Greater Stick-nest Rat

Mammals > Rodentia

The Greater Stick-nest Rat (Leporillus conditor), also known as the wopilkara, is a unique and gentle native Australian rodent renowned for its extraordinary architectural skills. Once widespread across the vast arid and semi-arid expanses of southern mainland...

Derby’s Woolly Opossum

Mammals > Didelphimorphia

Derby’s Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus) is an enchanting, strictly arboreal marsupial native to the lush tropical rainforests of Central and northwestern South America. Distinguished by its remarkably dense, woolly coat, large forward-facing lustrous eyes,...