Caspian Seal

Mammals > Pinnipeds

The Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica) is the sole marine mammal inhabiting the landlocked waters of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland water body. Diverging from Arctic ringed seals millions of years ago when ancestral seas receded, this small, spotted...

Kashmir Musk Deer

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Kashmir Musk Deer (Moschus cupreus) is an elusive, primitive ungulate that navigates the precipitous alpine cliffs and subalpine forests of the western Himalayas. Lacking antlers entirely, adult males possess formidable, curved ivory-like tusks that protrude...

Whiptail Wallaby

Mammals > Marsupials

The Whiptail Wallaby (Notamacropus parryi), affectionately known throughout eastern Australia as the ‘pretty-face wallaby,’ is one of the most visually distinctive and gregarious medium-sized macropods native to the grassy slopes and open eucalyptus...

Black Lion Tamarin

Mammals > Primates

The Black Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus), also known as the golden-rumped lion tamarin, is an exceedingly rare callitrichine primate endemic strictly to the fragmented interior Atlantic Forest of São Paulo state, Brazil. Long feared extinct after zero...

Hainan Gibbon

Mammals > Hylobatidae & Gibbons

The Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) is recognized as the rarest primate on Earth and one of the world’s most critically endangered mammal species. Endemic entirely to the subtropical island of Hainan in southernmost China, this slender, acrobatic small ape was...

Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew

Mammals > Tupaiidae & Treeshrews

The Bornean Smooth-tailed Treeshrew (Dendrogale melanura) is a nimble, mountain-dwelling mammal endemic to the high-elevation cloud forests of the island of Borneo. Unlike the bushier, feather-tailed treeshrew species, this diminutive creature features a slender,...

Yangtze Finless Porpoise

Mammals > Cetaceans & Porpoises

The Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis), affectionately hailed as the ‘smiling angel’ of the Yangtze River, is the world’s only known freshwater porpoise subspecies. Following the tragic functional extinction of the Baiji river...

Western Tree Hyrax

Mammals > Procaviidae & Tree Hyraxes

The Western Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), known locally in West Africa as the ‘tree bear,’ is an enigmatic, arboreal afrotherian mammal inhabiting the dense tropical rainforest canopies of Central and Western Africa. Despite its superficial...

Sunda Pangolin

Mammals > Pholidota & Manidae

The Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica), also known as the Malayan pangolin, is an extraordinary, prehistoric-looking mammal revered as the only mammal on Earth completely encased in an armor of large, overlapping keratin scales. Native to the lush tropical rainforests of...

Sunda Colugo

Mammals > Dermoptera & Colugos

The Sunda Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus), often colloquially referred to as the ‘flying lemur,’ is neither a true lemur nor capable of powered flight, but rather the undisputed master glider of the mammal kingdom. Belonging to the ancient and distinct...