Baseball Plant

Plants > Succulents & Desert Plants

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Baseball PlantScientific Name: Euphorbia obesaCategory: PlantsSubcategory: Succulents & Desert PlantsRange: South Africa, strictly endemic to a tiny geographic area in the Great Karoo semi-desert around Kendrew, Graaff-Reinet, in the...

Hummingbird Hawk-moth

Invertebrates > Insects

OverviewThe Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is one of the most astonishing, charismatic, and celebrated masterworks of convergent evolution in the natural world. Belonging to the sphinx moth family (Sphingidae), this day-flying, sun-loving...

Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec

Mammals > Afrosoricida

OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: Lesser Hedgehog TenrecScientific Name: Echinops telfairiCategory: MammalsSubcategory: AfrosoricidaSize: 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in) head-body length; rudimentary tail less than 1 cm (0.4 in)Weight: 110 to 250 g (3.9 to 8.8 oz)Lifespan:...