Red-necked Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Red-necked PademelonScientific Name: Thylogale thetisCategory: MammalsSubcategory: MarsupialsSize: Head-and-body length 43 to 62 cm (17 to 24 in); tail length 30 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in); height up to 60 cm (24 in)Weight: 3.5 to 9.0 kg (7.7 to...

Orangespine Unicornfish

Fish > Bony Fishes

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Orangespine UnicornfishScientific Name: Naso lituratusCategory: FishSubcategory: Bony FishesRange: Central and western Pacific Ocean, from Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines east through Micronesia and Melanesia to Hawaii, the Tuamotu...

Highland Tuco-tuco

Mammals > Rodents

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Highland Tuco-tucoScientific Name: Ctenomys opimusCategory: MammalsSubcategory: RodentsRange: High Andes of southern Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern ArgentinaHabitat Type: Arid and semi-arid high-altitude puna...

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Invertebrates > Insects

OverviewThe Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) is a large, heavily built, flightless leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that wanders slowly through the sunlit chalk downlands and coastal grasslands of Europe. Measuring up to two centimeters in...

Chacoan Peccary

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

OverviewThe Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri), locally known across South America as the *taguá*, is the largest of the four living peccary species and another celebrated ‘Lazarus taxon’ of modern mammalogy. Originally described in 1930 from fossilized...