Birds > Threskiornithids & Pelecaniformes
The Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) is a breathtaking, flamboyantly colored wading bird belonging to the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae within the order Pelecaniformes. Indigenous to the warm coastal wetlands, mangrove lagoons, and shallow marshlands...
Mammals > Cyclopedids & Pilosa
The Silky Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), also known affectionately as the pygmy anteater, is an enchanting, miniature arboreal xenarthran mammal and the type species of the specialized anteater family Cyclopedidae within the order Pilosa. Indigenous to the dense,...
Mammals > Cercopithecids & Primates
The Gelada (Theropithecus gelada), often colloquially referred to as the bleeding-heart monkey or gelada baboon, is a unique, ground-dwelling cercopithecid primate and the sole surviving member of the once-prolific genus Theropithecus within the Old World monkey...
Fungi > Cantharellaceae & Cantharellales
The Black Trumpet (Craterellus cornucopioides), poetically known throughout French gastronomy as the trompette de la mort (‘trumpet of the dead’) and celebrated in Western foraging as the Horn of Plenty or black chanterelle, is an esteemed, highly...
Fungi > Polyporaceae & Polyporales
Dryad’s Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), universally known across North American and European foraging lore as the Pheasant’s Back mushroom or hawk’s wing fungus, is a massive, fan-shaped bracket polypore macrofungus belonging to the bracket fungus...
