Reptiles > Iguanidae & Iguanas
The Central Fijian Banded Iguana (Brachylophus bulabula) is a strikingly beautiful, emerald-green arboreal reptile native to the central islands of the Fijian archipelago. Recognized formally as a distinct species in 2008 through detailed genetic and morphological...
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 > Capromyidae & Caribbean Hutias
The Hispaniolan Hutia (Plagiodontia aedium), locally known in Hispaniola as the Zagouti, is one of only two surviving native non-volant land mammals on the entire island of Hispaniola (alongside the Hispaniolan Solenodon). Representing the sole extant member of its...
Mammals > Marsupials & Macropods
The Tenkile (Dendrolagus scottae), also revered locally as Scott’s Tree Kangaroo, is among the most critically endangered and enigmatic marsupials inhabiting our planet. Endemic exclusively to a tiny fragment of mist-shrouded montane rainforest high in the...
