Mammals > Rodents
The Red-crested Tree Rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis), also known as the Santa Marta Toro Toro, is one of the most mysterious and legendary rodents on Earth. Classified in its own monotypic genus, this nocturnal, guinea-pig-sized arboreal mammal was known only from...
Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus mayri) is arguably the most mysterious and elusive marsupial in the world. First collected in 1928 by legendary evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr on the remote Wondiwoi Peninsula of New Guinea, it was feared extinct for exactly...
Mammals > Primates
The Angola Colobus (Colobus angolensis) is a striking, aristocratic black-and-white arboreal monkey native to the lush, multi-tiered rainforests of Central and East Africa. Famous for its long, silky jet-black coat contrasted dramatically by magnificent, flowing white...
Mammals > Diprotodontia
The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii), affectionately known in Australia as the Yaminon, is the largest and rarest of the three living wombat species and one of the most critically imperiled marsupials on Earth. Once roaming across vast swathes of...
Mammals > Primates
The Yucatan Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra), known across Belize and Guatemala as the ‘Baboon,’ is the largest and most powerful howler monkey species in the Americas. Famous for its deep, bone-rattling territorial roars that echo for miles through...
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