Spiny Chuckwalla

Reptiles > Lizards

The Spiny Chuckwalla (Sauromalus hispidus) is a titanic, prehistoric desert herbivore endemic exclusively to the remote, uninhabited volcanic islands of Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Displaying spectacular island gigantism, this monumental, heavy-bodied lizard grows...

Lost River Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Lost River Sucker (Deltistes luxatus) is a magnificent, colossal freshwater fish endemic to the Upper Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and northern California. The sole living member of the genus Deltistes, it is the largest sucker in the Klamath Basin,...

Shortnose Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Shortnose Sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) is an imperiled, long-lived freshwater fish endemic to the Upper Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and northern California. Known to the indigenous Klamath and Modoc peoples as ‘c’waam’, this...

Abbott’s Duiker

Mammals > Antelopes & Gazelles

Abbott’s Duiker (Cephalophus spadix), known locally in Swahili as Mindi, is one of the rarest, largest, and most enigmatic forest antelopes on planet Earth. Confined entirely to a handful of mist-shrouded montane forest ‘sky islands’ in Tanzania—most...

Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo

Mammals > Marsupials

Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) is an enchanting, arboreal macropod native to the mist-shrouded montane rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Combining the body of a miniature red panda with the pouch and jumping heritage of a kangaroo, this...