Smallmouth Buffalo

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Smallmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus) is a heavy-bodied, deep-arched freshwater sucker native to the large river systems and reservoirs of central North America. Often mistaken for common carp due to its robust size and large scales, it is a native catostomid...

African Sacred Ibis

Birds > Wading Birds & Shorebirds

The African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a historically venerated wading bird celebrated as the living embodiment of Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. With its stark contrast of snowy-white feathers against a featherless...

Hadada Ibis

Birds > Wading Birds & Shorebirds

The Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) is an unmistakable, vocal wading bird widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Named onomatopoeically for its boisterous, ringing ‘haa-haa-haa-de-dah’ calls uttered at dawn and dusk, this stocky ibis has successfully...

Kob

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Kob (Kobus kob) is an iconic, medium-sized African antelope in the waterbuck family Reduncinae, flourishing along the broad alluvial floodplains and moist riverine savannas of equatorial Africa. Revered as the national animal of Uganda (where the Uganda Kob graces...

Bohor Reedbuck

Mammals > Even-Toed Ungulates

The Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca) is an agile, medium-sized antelope inhabiting the vast seasonally flooded grasslands and riverine wetlands of northern and eastern sub-Saharan Africa. With its warm fulvous-fawn coloration, hooked horns, and distinctive...