Mammals > Canids & Carnivorans
The Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), affectionately nicknamed the ‘fox on stilts’ for its striking resemblance to an oversized red fox perched atop impossibly long, slender black legs, is the largest and tallest canid in South America. Indigenous to the...
Mammals > Bovids & Artiodactyls
The Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica), celebrated across mammalogy as an uncanny living relic of the Pleistocene megafauna, is an extraordinary nomadic ungulate belonging to the family Bovidae. Historically roaming alongside woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats from...
Birds > Accipitrids & Accipitriformes
The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), historically known as the lammergeier (lamb vulture) and celebrated across ornithology as one of the most magnificent raptors on Earth, is an immense cliff-dwelling bird of prey belonging to the family Accipitridae. Soaring...
Amphibians > Brevicipitids & Anura
The Desert Rain Frog (Breviceps macrops), celebrated worldwide across internet culture and field herpetology as the adorable squeaking defender of the dunes, is a bizarre, rotund terrestrial anuran belonging to the family Brevicipitidae. Strictly endemic to an...
Amphibians > Salamandrids & Caudata
The Iberian Ribbed Newt (Pleurodeles waltl), celebrated across herpetology and biomedical research as one of the most astonishing defense marvels in the animal kingdom, is a large, rugged salamander belonging to the family Salamandridae. Native to the sun-baked...
