Dominican Cherry Palm

Plants > Arecales

The Dominican Cherry Palm (Pseudophoenix ekmanii), known in the Dominican Republic as the cacheo de Oviedo, is an iconic and critically endangered palm endemic strictly to the Barahona Peninsula of southwestern Hispaniola. Celebrated for its extraordinary, heavily...

Common Skate

Fish > Rajiformes

The Common Skate (Dipturus batis), also known as the blue skate, is the largest species of skate in the world, once dominating the benthic seafloor across the coastal shelf of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Despite its historic name suggesting ubiquity, intense...

Bavarian Pine Vole

Mammals > Rodentia

The Bavarian Pine Vole (Microtus bavaricus) is an extraordinarily rare fossorial rodent native to the Northern Limestone Alps of Central Europe. Thought to be completely extinct after its only known Bavarian type locality was paved over for hospital construction in...

Bali Myna

Birds > Passeriformes

The Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also called Rothschild’s mynah or the jalak Bali, is an iconic passerine endemic strictly to the dry tropical monsoon forests of northwest Bali, Indonesia. Recognized globally for its snowy white plumage, striking sky-blue...

Banded Goodeid

Fish > Cyprinodontiformes

The Banded Goodeid (Allotoca goslinei) is a small freshwater splitfin fish historically endemic to the Rio Ameca drainage in the highlands of Jalisco, western Mexico. Belonging to the family Goodeidae, this species is biologically celebrated for practicing true...