Mammals > Primates
The Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas), also renowned as the military monkey or dancing monkey, is an extraordinarily cursorial ground-dwelling primate native to the sweeping semi-arid savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Renowned as the fastest runner among all primates,...
Mammals > Rodents
The Magellanic Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus) is a charismatic, highly specialized subterranean rodent occupying the southernmost reaches of the American continent. Inhabiting the wind-swept, subantarctic grasslands and coastal steppes of Argentine and Chilean...
Mammals > Rodents
The Gray Marmot (Marmota baibacina), also known as the Altai Marmot, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel engineered for survival in the extreme, wind-scoured mountain highlands of Central Asia. Inhabiting high-altitude alpine meadows and rocky mountain steppes...
Mammals > Carnivorans
The Congo Clawless Otter (Aonyx congicus) is an elusive, semi-aquatic predator endemic to the remote freshwater swamps and rainforest corridors of Central Africa’s Congo Basin. Belonging to the clawless otter genus, this secretive mustelid is distinguished by...
Mammals > Cetaceans
The Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) is the third-largest rorqual on Earth, surpassed in length only by the blue whale and fin whale. Sleek, hydrodynamic, and exceptionally rapid, this majestic pelagic cetacean is capable of swimming bursts reaching up to 30 miles...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Piebald Shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellum) is an extraordinary desert specialist and the sole living representative of the genus Diplomesodon. Thriving in the harsh, windswept sandy wastes of Central Asia’s Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts, this diminutive mammal...
Mammals > Chiroptera
The Chocó Broad-nosed Bat (Platyrrhinus chocoensis) is an ecologically vital frugivore restricted strictly to the humid rainforests of the Chocó biogeographic region in Colombia and Ecuador. Renowned for its bold facial markings and distinctive spear-shaped noseleaf,...
Mammals > Dasyuromorphia
The Bronze Quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) is a secretive, carnivorous marsupial endemic exclusively to the low-lying Trans-Fly savanna grasslands of southern New Guinea. Discovered by mammalogists relatively recently in the late 20th century, it was initially confused...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
Cockrum’s Desert Shrew (Notiosorex cockrumi) is a tiny, highly specialized eulipotyphlan native to the sun-baked arid zones of the Sonoran Desert. Discovered and genetically differentiated from the desert shrew complex in 2003, it exemplifies extraordinary...
Mammals > Canids
The Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) is one of the most enigmatic and elusive carnivores inhabiting the dense lowland rainforests and riverbanks of South America. Possessing a compact, barrel-shaped body, webbed toes, and short legs, this subterranean and semi-aquatic...
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