Mammals > Rodents
The Himalayan Marmot (Marmota himalayana) is one of the highest-dwelling mammal species on Earth, populating alpine grasslands and high-altitude windswept steppes throughout the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau at elevations exceeding 5,000 meters. A robust, heavily...
Mammals > Bats
The Sunda Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus heran) is a rare and poorly understood vespertilionid microbat endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Described in 1991 from specimens collected on the island of Lembata, with subsequent records on Flores and Sumba, it...
Mammals > Primates
Gerp’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus gerpi) is a diminutive, highly localized cheirogaleid primate described scientifically in 2012 by an international team from the Groupe d’Étude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar (GERP). Inhabiting a singular,...
Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Small Dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus vanheurni), occasionally known as the lesser forest wallaby, is a secretive, compact macropodid marsupial endemic to the cloud-draped mountain rainforests traversing the central cordillera of New Guinea. Perfectly adapted for...
Mammals > Macroscelidea
The Dusky Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus fuscipes), also designated as the dusky sengi, is an agile, cursorial afrotherian mammal native to the savanna-woodland mosaics and river valleys of Central and East Africa. Despite their diminutive stature and superficial...
Mammals > Rodents
The African Crested Rat (Lophiomys imhausi), sometimes known as the maned rat, is one of the most astonishingly adapted mammals on Earth. Resembling a strange cross between a miniature porcupine, a skunk, and a badger, this slow-moving nocturnal rodent inhabits the...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) is an exceptionally rare and diminutive dasyurid marsupial found nowhere else on Earth except the rugged western reaches of Kangaroo Island, off the southern coast of Australia. Superficially resembling a tiny mouse,...
Mammals > Afrotheres
The Cape Golden Mole (Chrysochloris asiatica) is an enchanting and biologically extraordinary subterranean mammal endemic strictly to the coastal fynbos and sandy coastal plains of southwestern South Africa. Despite its common name and superficial resemblance to...
Mammals > Rodents
The Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) is a charismatic, desert-adapted nocturnal rodent endemic strictly to the arid grasslands of California’s San Joaquin Valley and neighboring inland valleys. As the largest representative of the family Heteromyidae, this...
Mammals > Shrews
The Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella quadraticauda) is a stout, burrowing insectivorous mammal native to the misty montane ranges of southwestern China. Inhabiting the high-altitude cloud forests and bamboo zones of the Hengduan Mountains—the same rugged...
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