Mammals > Rodents
Prevost’s Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii), also widely recognized as the Asian Tricolored Squirrel, is renowned among naturalists as one of the most vividly patterned rodents on the planet. Native to the luxuriant rainforests of the Sunda Shelf, this agile...
Mammals > Carnivorans
The Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), locally revered as the tanuki, is an ancient basal canid native strictly to the Japanese archipelago. Famous in Japanese folklore as a mischievous shapeshifter with supernatural charm, biologically it is renowned as...
Fungi > Boletes
The Bluing Bolete (Gyroporus cyanescens), also known as the Cornflower Bolete, is one of the most astonishing wild mushrooms of temperate Northern Hemisphere woodlands. While appearing unassuming from above with its pale, straw-yellow to chalky-buff velvety cap, any...
Plants > Conifers
The Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), known in Nahuatl as the Ahuehuete (‘old man of the water’), is the revered national tree of Mexico. Belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae, this magnificent riparian conifer is legendary for achieving the...
Invertebrates > Moths
The Caesar Moth (Attacus caesar) is a colossal saturniid moth endemic exclusively to the Philippine archipelago. Ranking alongside the Atlas moth and the Hercules moth as one of the largest insects on Earth by wingspan and wing surface area, this gentle giant boasts...
