Thick-billed Parrot

Birds > Parrots

The Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is an extraordinary, cold-hardy montane psittacine native to the high-elevation conifer forests of northern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental. Historically ranging into the sky islands of Arizona and New...

Amami Rabbit

Mammals > Lagomorphs

The Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), known in Japan as ‘Amamino kuro-usagi,’ is a primitive, dark-furred lagomorph surviving strictly on two small subtropical islands in the Nansei Archipelago of southwestern Japan. Often heralded as a ‘living...

Togian Babirusa

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Togian Babirusa (Babyrousa togeanensis), famously known as the ‘deer-pig’ of the Togian archipelago, is the largest and rarest of all surviving babirusa species. Strictly endemic to four small, lush islands off the coast of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia,...

Mariana Fruit Dove

Birds > Doves & Pigeons

The Mariana Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), affectionately celebrated in the Chamorro language as the ‘Mangkukupa,’ is the official bird emblem of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Inhabiting the lush, limestone-based tropical canopy...

Painted Mountain Frog

Amphibians > Treefrogs & Hyperoliids

The Painted Mountain Frog (Callixalus pictus) is a captivating, monotypic anuran endemic to the cloud-enshrouded volcanic peaks and bamboo highlands of the Albertine Rift in Central Africa. Characterized by its astonishing visual palette of deep chocolate-brown...