Algerian Nuthatch

Birds > Nuthatches

The Algerian Nuthatch (Sitta ledanti) is one of the Western Palearctic’s rarest and most localized avian endemics. Undiscovered by Western science until 1975 when Belgian agronomist Jean-Paul Ledant spotted a small population on the isolated summit of Djebel...

Bangka Slow Loris

Mammals > Primates

The Bangka Slow Loris (Nycticebus bancanus) is a critically unique, nocturnal strepsirrhine primate native to the peat swamp and dipterocarp forests of Bangka Island and southwestern Borneo. Formally elevated to distinct species status in 2013 based on pelage and...

Chaochai’s Spiny Crocodile Newt

Amphibians > Newts & Salamanders

Chaochai’s Spiny Crocodile Newt (Echinotriton chaochaii) is an enigmatic, heavily armored caudate native to the misty montane cloud forests of the Tenasserim Range along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Described to science in 2015, this prehistoric-looking...

Cuban Solenodon

Mammals > Eulipotyphla

The Cuban Solenodon (Atopogale cubana), locally known as the almiquí, is a relict insectivore endemic to the rugged, forested mountain ranges of eastern Cuba. Belonging to an ancient lineage that diverged from other placental mammals over 70 million years ago during...

Red Hills Salamander

Amphibians > Salamanders

The Red Hills Salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) is one of the most enigmatic and relictual amphibians in North America. Serving as the official state amphibian of Alabama, this primitive lungless salamander (Plethodontidae) represents a monotypic genus found nowhere...