Mammals > Neobalaenidae & Pygmy Right Whales
The Pygmy Right Whale (Caperea marginata) is the smallest, most elusive, and least understood of all living baleen whales (Mysticeti). Endemic strictly to the temperate and subantarctic expanses of the Southern Ocean, this enigmatic cetacean is the sole extant member...
Mammals > Tenrecidae & Tenrecs
The Northern Shrew Tenrec (Microgale jobihely) is a small, secretive afrotherian mammal discovered on the high volcanic slopes of the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madagascar. Belonging to the family Tenrecidae—an ancient mammalian clade that radiated into diverse...
Mammals > Mormoopidae & Ghost-faced Bats
The Ghost-faced Bat (Mormoops megalophylla) is an extraordinarily specialized nocturnal flyer inhabiting subterranean cave networks from the American Southwest through Central America to northern South America. Belonging to the family Mormoopidae, this bizarre and...
Mammals > Dasyuridae & Carnivorous Marsupials
The Julia Creek Dunnart (Sminthopsis douglasi) is a small, fiercely predatory marsupial endemic strictly to the windswept Mitchell Grass Downs of northwest Queensland, Australia. Belonging to the carnivorous marsupial family Dasyuridae, this elusive nocturnal hunter...
Mammals > Macropodidae & Forest Wallabies
The Gray Dorcopsis (Dorcopsis luctuosa) is a compact, secretive forest wallaby native to the dense, humid lowland rainforests of southern New Guinea. Belonging to the ancient Australasian marsupial family Macropodidae, this primitive forest dweller represents an...
Mammals > Sciuridae & Flying Squirrels
The Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis), also known as the large brown flying squirrel, is a colossal arboreal rodent native to the dense tropical forest canopies of South and Southeast Asia. Gliding silently between emergent rainforest trees under...
Mammals > Chrysochloridae & Golden Moles
De Winton’s Golden Mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) is an elusive, sand-swimming subterranean mammal endemic strictly to a tiny coastal dune corridor in South Africa’s Northern Cape. Feared extinct for over 86 years before being astonishingly rediscovered in...
Mammals > Dasyuridae & Antechinuses
The Black-tailed Antechinus (Antechinus arktos) is a remarkable, highly threatened carnivorous marsupial discovered by scientists in 2014 atop the misty peaks of the Tweed Volcano caldera in eastern Australia. Belonging to the family Dasyuridae, this mouse-sized...
Mammals > Chrysochloridae & Golden Moles
Grant’s Golden Mole (Eremitalpa granti) is one of the most astonishingly adapted desert mammals on Earth, an ancient afrotherian that reigns over the hyper-arid coastal sand dunes of the Namib Desert and southwestern South Africa. Holding the title of the...
Mammals > Chrysochloridae & Golden Moles
The Hottentot Golden Mole (Amblysomus hottentottus) is an extraordinary subterranean mammal endemic to the temperate meadows, coastal scrublands, and montane pastures of southern Africa. Belonging to the ancient Afrotherian family Chrysochloridae, this compact...
