Common Spotted Cuscus

Mammals > Marsupials

The Common Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus) is one of the most visually striking arboreal marsupials of the Australasian rainforest realm. Inhabiting the dense tropical canopies of New Guinea and the northern tip of Australia’s Cape York Peninsula, this...

Monito del Monte

Mammals > Marsupials

The Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides), meaning ‘little monkey of the mountain’ in Spanish, is an astonishing biological ‘living fossil’ inhabiting the ancient Valdivian temperate rainforests of Chile and Argentina. Although native to...

White-bellied Pangolin

Mammals > Pangolins

The White-bellied Pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis), also known as the tree pangolin or three-cusped pangolin, is the most arboreal of Africa’s four pangolin species. Inhabiting the lush, high-canopy tropical rainforests of Central and West Africa, this nocturnal...

Wandering Salamander

Amphibians > Lungless Salamanders

The Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans) is one of North America’s most intrepid arboreal amphibians, celebrated for its ability to live hundreds of feet in the air within the dizzying canopies of ancient coast redwoods. Entirely lungless, this plethodontid...

Banded Alligator Lizard

Reptiles > Alligator Lizards

The Banded Alligator Lizard (Abronia taeniata), also known as the Bromeliad Arboreal Alligator Lizard, is an exquisite, dragon-like reptile endemic to the misty cloud forests of eastern Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental. Resembling a miniature jewel-encrusted...