Mammals > Dipodidae & Pygmy Jerboas
The Thick-tailed Pygmy Jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) is an extraordinary miniature desert specialist native to the harsh, wind-scoured gravel deserts of Central Asia. Weighing less than half an ounce, this tiny bipedal rodent is distinguished by elongated hindlimbs...
Mammals > Mustelidae & Otters
The Southern River Otter (Lontra provocax), known locally across Chile and Argentina as the ‘Huillín,’ is one of the most imperiled, graceful, and secretive semi-aquatic carnivores of South America. Endemic to the dramatic temperate rainforests, pristine...
Mammals > Cetaceans & Beaked Whales
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris), also known as the goose-beaked whale, is the undisputed deep-diving champion among all mammalian life on Earth. Roaming pelagic depths far beyond the continental shelf, this elusive cetacean routinely plunges into the...
Mammals > Macropodidae & Kangaroos
The Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus) is widely considered one of the rarest, most dazzling, and most critically imperiled macropods on Earth. Endemic exclusively to remote, cloud-shrouded mountain summits in northern New Guinea, this magnificent...
Mammals > Cercopithecidae & Old World Monkeys
The Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus), or ‘wanderoo,’ is one of the most distinctive, imperiled, and behaviorally fascinating Old World primates on the Asian continent. Endemic exclusively to the lush, mist-blanketed tropical evergreen rainforests of...
Mammals > Muridae & Old World Mice
The Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis), also affectionately known in Australia as the ‘tarkawara,’ is an extraordinarily specialized desert rodent that thrives in the scorching red sand dune deserts of central Australia. Possessing kangaroo-like...
Mammals > Viverridae & Civets
The Otter Civet (Cynogale bennettii) is one of the most enigmatic, evolutionarily unique, and elusive carnivores in Southeast Asia. Diverging dramatically from its arboreal civet relatives, this specialized viverrid has adapted for a semi-aquatic existence along the...
Mammals > Atelidae & Spider Monkeys
The Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), known historically as the woolly spider monkey, is the largest native primate inhabiting the Western Hemisphere and a flagship symbol of South American conservation. Endemic strictly to Brazil’s critically...
Mammals > Balaenopteridae & Rorquals
The Antarctic Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) is the colossal monarch of the animal kingdom and the most massive living creature ever to inhabit planet Earth. Reaching lengths exceeding one hundred feet and weighing close to two hundred metric tons, this...
Mammals > Chrysochloridae & Golden Moles
Juliana’s Golden Mole (Neamblysomus julianae) is an elusive, subterranean afrotherian mammal native to a tiny, severely fragmented range in northeastern South Africa. Named in honor of Juliana Meester, the wife of renowned South African mammalogist Jurgens...
