Tasmanian Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

The Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), also celebrated as the Red-bellied Pademelon, is a compact, robust macropod endemic to the island of Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. While eradicated from the Australian mainland in the 19th century following the...

White-bellied Duiker

Mammals > Antelopes & Gazelles

The White-bellied Duiker (Cephalophus leucogaster) is an elegant, secretive forest antelope endemic to the vast, humid tropical rainforests of the Congo Basin in Central Africa. Named for its immaculate, crisp white underside that contrasts sharply with its rich...

Dusky Antechinus

Mammals > Marsupials

The Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii), also known as Swainson’s Antechinus, is the largest, most cold-adapted member of the carnivorous marsupial genus Antechinus. Inhabiting cool mountain gullies, dense fern forests, and snow-covered alpine meadows of...

Dusky Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

The Dusky Pademelon (Thylogale brunii), historically known as the Bruijn’s Pademelon or Aru Island Wallaby, holds historical fame as the very first Australasian macropod ever described by Europeans when Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruijn illustrated it in 1711....

Abbott’s Duiker

Mammals > Antelopes & Gazelles

Abbott’s Duiker (Cephalophus spadix), known locally in Swahili as Mindi, is one of the rarest, largest, and most enigmatic forest antelopes on planet Earth. Confined entirely to a handful of mist-shrouded montane forest ‘sky islands’ in Tanzania—most...