Hartebeest

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), also celebrated historically across Africa as the kongoni, is a large, distinctive, and remarkably swift alcelaphine bovid native to the sprawling grasslands, open savannas, and bushlands of sub-Saharan Africa. First described...

Hector’s Dolphin

Mammals > Cetaceans

Hector’s Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori), known in the Māori language of New Zealand as the tutumairekurai, pahu, or pōpoto, is an exquisite, miniature coastal delphinid strictly endemic to the nearshore waters of New Zealand. Recognized globally as the...

Northern Elephant Seal

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is a titanic, highly specialized marine pinniped belonging to the true seal family Phocidae, native to the coastal waters and open expanses of the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Recognized as the second-largest seal...

Chital

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Chital (Axis axis), also globally celebrated as the Spotted Deer, Axis Deer, or Cheetal, is an exceptionally graceful, moderately sized cervid belonging to the deer family Cervidae, native to the sun-dappled sal forests, alluvial grasslands, and open woodlands of...

Harbor Seal

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), also celebrated historically and ecologically as the Common Seal, is the most widespread and familiar member of the true seal family Phocidae, native to the temperate and Arctic coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Stretching...

Ganges River Dolphin

Mammals > Cetaceans

The Ganges River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica), affectionately known across the Indian subcontinent as the susu or soos, is an archaic, functionally blind freshwater cetacean belonging to the ancient river dolphin family Platanistidae. Endemic to the vast, turbid...

Giant Eland

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus), also revered worldwide as Lord Derby’s Eland, is a colossal, magnificent spiral-horned bovid belonging to the cattle and tragelaphine tribe Tragelaphini, native to the open broadleaf woodlands and wooded savannas of...

Jungle Cat

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Jungle Cat (Felis chaus), also celebrated historically and ecologically as the Reed Cat, Swamp Cat, or Nile Cat, is a medium-sized, long-legged wild felid belonging to the domestic cat genus Felis within the family Felidae. Despite its misleading English...

Southern Right Whale Dolphin

Mammals > Cetaceans

The Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronei) is an exceptionally sleek, graceful, and visually mesmerizing cetacean belonging to the oceanic dolphin family Delphinidae, indigenous to the cold, windswept circumpolar waters of the Southern Hemisphere. First...

Roan Antelope

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus) is a colossal, magnificent herbivorous bovid belonging to the horse antelope tribe Hippotragini, widely distributed across the wooded savannas and miombo bushvelds of sub-Saharan Africa. Standing as the second-largest antelope...