Reptiles > Anguidae & Alligator Lizards
Martin del Campo’s Arboreal Alligator Lizard (Abronia martindelcampoi) is an exquisite, dragon-like anguid reptile endemic strictly to the high-elevation cloud forests of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Adorned in heavily keeled,...
Mammals > Didelphimorphia & Opossums
The Guajira Mouse Opossum (Marmosa xerophila) is a remarkable dry-adapted marsupial endemic strictly to the arid coastal thorn scrublands of the La Guajira Peninsula and Lake Maracaibo basin in northern South America. Unlike most members of the mouse opossum genus...
Reptiles > Monitors & Lizards
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Mammals > Phalangeridae & Cuscuses
The Waigeo Cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis), also known as the Waigeo spotted cuscus, is a charming and highly restricted arboreal marsupial endemic solely to the lush rainforests of the Raja Ampat archipelago off Indonesian New Guinea. Unlike its mainland relatives...
Mammals > Phalangeridae & Cuscuses
The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is an extraordinary, critically endangered arboreal marsupial found nowhere on Earth outside the tiny, isolated Talaud Archipelago in northeastern Indonesia. Belonging to an ancient, primitive lineage of phalangerid...