Mammals > Pilosa
The Maned Sloth (Bradypus torquatus), known locally in Brazil as the ‘Preguiça-de-coleira,’ is one of the rarest, most specialized, and most threatened xenarthrans on Earth. Endemic exclusively to the fragmented remnants of Brazil’s Atlantic Coastal...
Mammals > Primates
The Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) is one of the most visually stunning and critically imperiled primates of South America. Native exclusively to the rapidly disappearing Atlantic Coastal Forest of Bahia, Brazil, this miniature canopy dweller...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Four-toed Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), also widely known as the African Pygmy Hedgehog or White-bellied Hedgehog, is an endearing and resilient insectivore native to the sun-baked savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Distinguished from its European cousins by...
Mammals > Rodents
The Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus) is one of the most astonishingly specialized bipedal desert rodents on Earth. Inhabiting the unforgiving, sun-scorched gravel plains and sandy wastes of the Sahara and Arabian deserts, this tiny, nocturnal creature looks...
Mammals > Rodents
The Greater Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus), affectionately known across West Africa as the ‘Grasscutter,’ is one of the largest and most ecologically significant rodents on the African continent, surpassed in size only by the crested porcupine....
