Mammals > Marsupials
The Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis domestica), often known as the Grey Short-tailed Opossum, is a small, terrestrial South American didelphid marsupial native to the semi-arid scrublands and dry forests of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Unlike New World opossums...
Mammals > Rodents
The European Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius), immortalized in English literature as ‘Ratty’ in Kenneth Grahame’s classic *The Wind in the Willows*, is the largest native vole species in Europe, belonging to the family Cricetidae. Inhabiting the lush,...
Mammals > Rodents
The Common Degu (Octodon degus) is an extraordinary, highly social caviomorph rodent endemic to the Mediterranean-climate matorral shrublands of central Chile. Belonging to the family Octodontidae, this charismatic herbivore is instantly recognized by its compact...
Mammals > Afrosoricida
The Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi) is a fascinating, spine-covered placental mammal belonging to the family Tenrecidae, endemic exclusively to the arid spiny thickets of southern and southwestern Madagascar. Although displaying an extraordinary...
Mammals > Carnivorans
The Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac), also known as the steppe fox, is a small, pale-coated canid exquisitely adapted to the harsh, wind-swept steppes and arid semideserts of Central Asia. Ranging across the boundless grasslands of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and northern China,...
Mammals > Rodents
The Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus, formerly Myodes glareolus) is a quintessential small cricetid rodent native to the deciduous woodlands and mature hedgerows of Europe and western Asia. Instantly distinguished from other temperate voles by its warm chestnut-red...
Mammals > Primates
De Brazza’s Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an exceptionally distinctive, ornately patterned guenon native to the dense riverine swamp forests of Central Africa. Named in honor of the Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, this arboreal primate...
Mammals > Carnivorans
The Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous), also locally known as the forest fox or zorro cangrejero, is an ecologically adaptable, medium-sized South American canid belonging to the monotypic genus Cerdocyon. Endemic to the diverse biomes east of the Andes, this versatile...
Mammals > Rodents
The Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) is an enchanting, strictly nocturnal sciurid rodent native to the deciduous hardwood forests of eastern North America. Renowned for its enormous, luminous black eyes and the velvety gliding membrane stretching between...
Mammals > Primates
The Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) is an extraordinary, critically endangered platyrrhine primate belonging to the family Callitrichidae, endemic solely to the vanishing tropical dry and humid forests of northwestern Colombia. Instantly recognizable by its...
