Millet’s Long-tailed Giant Rat

Mammals > Rodents

The Millet’s Long-tailed Giant Rat (Leopoldamys milleti) is a magnificent arboreal murine rodent endemic to the misty cloud forests of the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam. Recognized by its exceptionally long, whip-like tail that significantly exceeds its...

Martian Ant

Invertebrates > Ants & Hymenopterans

The Martian Ant (Martialis heureka) is an extraordinary subterranean hymenopteran described in 2008 from deep rainforest soil samples collected near Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon. Often celebrated as the ‘ant from Mars’ due to its bizarre morphology and...

Wattled Smoky Honeyeater

Birds > Honeyeaters

The Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae) is an enchanting songbird discovered in 2005 during a groundbreaking international expedition into the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea, often heralded as an untouched ‘Lost World.’ Described in 2007 and...

Leaf Sheep Sea Slug

Invertebrates > Nudibranchs & Sea Slugs

The Leaf Sheep Sea Slug (Costasiella kuroshimae) is an enchanting marine sacoglossan opisthobranch formally discovered in 1993 off the coast of Kuroshima Island in Japan. Renowned worldwide for its whimsical resemblance to a miniature woolly cartoon sheep, this...

Grandidier’s Shrew Tenrec

Mammals > Tenrecs

Grandidier’s Shrew Tenrec (Microgale grandidieri) is an ancient, diminutive afrotherian mammal described in 2009 from the arid dry forests of western and southwestern Madagascar. Named in tribute to 19th-century French naturalist Alfred Grandidier, who conducted...