Mammals > Callitrichidae & Tamarins
The Black-faced Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus caissara) is one of the rarest and most localized mammals on the planet. Discovered as recently as 1990 on Superagüi Island in southern Brazil, this gorgeous callitrichid features a resplendent, shimmering golden body...
Mammals > Cercopithecidae & Guenons
The Roloway Monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) is one of the most critically imperiled primates on Earth and a flagship ambassador for West Africa’s disappearing Upper Guinean tropical rainforests. Instantly recognized by its distinguished snow-white goatee beard,...
Plants > Zamiaceae & Cycads
The Middelburg Cycad (Encephalartos middelburgensis) is a majestic, prehistoric palm-like gymnosperm endemic to a handful of rugged sandstone kloofs in the Olifants River catchment of South Africa. Belonging to an ancient lineage that flourished alongside dinosaurs...
Plants > Winteraceae & Primitive Angiosperms
Takhtajania (Takhtajania perrieri) is celebrated in evolutionary biology as one of the most significant botanical rediscoveries of the twentieth century. The sole African and Malagasy representative of the ancient family Winteraceae—a primitive lineage of basal...
