Eastern Mole

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) is a master engineer of the subterranean wilderness, native to the temperate forests, meadows, and grasslands across eastern and central North America. Despite its misleading specific epithet ‘aquaticus’—bestowed by...

Delacour’s Langur

Mammals > Primates

Delacour’s Langur (Trachypithecus delacouri) is one of the rarest and most critically imperiled primates on Earth, endemic strictly to an isolated labyrinth of dramatic limestone karst formations in northern Vietnam. Renowned for its striking, high-contrast...

Zebra Duiker

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Zebra Duiker (Cephalophus zebra) is an exceptionally distinctive, secretive dwarf antelope endemic to the fragmented Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa. Immediately recognized by its rich golden-chestnut coat emblazoned with 12 to 16 bold, zebra-like...

Mamasa Water Rat

Mammals > Rodents

The Mamasa Water Rat (Waiomys mamasae) represents one of the most astonishing mammalogical discoveries of the 21st century. Unveiled to science in 2014 from the mist-blanketed heights of Mount Gandangdewata in Sulawesi, Indonesia, this monotypic murid rodent...

Elegant Water Shrew

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Elegant Water Shrew (Nectogale elegans) is widely celebrated among mammalogists as one of the most morphologically specialized aquatic insectivores on the planet. Restricted exclusively to the surging, crystalline mountain streams and glacial torrents of the...

Ugandan Red Colobus

Mammals > Primates

The Ugandan Red Colobus (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) is an iconic, highly social arboreal primate endemic to the Albertine Rift montane and mid-altitude forest belt of East Africa. Characterized by a vibrant russet crown, silvery-grey mantle, and extraordinary vocal...

Leaf Muntjac

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Leaf Muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis), also called the leaf deer, represents one of the smallest and most elusive cervid species in the world. First formally cataloged by biologists in 1999 following surveys in the isolated montane wilderness of northern Myanmar,...

Black Dorcopsis

Mammals > Marsupials

The Black Dorcopsis (Dorcopsis atrata), also recognized as the black forest wallaby, is one of the most enigmatic and critically endangered macropods inhabiting Australasia. Confined entirely to the rugged volcanic spine of Goodenough Island off the southeastern tip...

Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat

Mammals > Bats

Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat (Kerivoula hardwickii) is a miniature, aerial insectivore renowned in evolutionary biology for participating in one of the natural world’s most astonishing mutualistic symbioses. While insectivorous bats typically roost within caves,...

Big-headed African Mole-rat

Mammals > Rodents

The Big-headed African Mole-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus), known locally as the giant root rat, is a spectacular fossorial rodent endemic exclusively to the misty afroalpine plateaus of Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains. Thriving at breathless altitudes exceeding...