Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Sao Tome Shrew (Crocidura fingui) is an elusive, island-endemic soricomorph mammal described in 2015 from the isolated volcanic island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea, Central Africa. Distinguished from its sympatric sister species, the critically endangered...
Plants > Asparagales
Kadoorie’s Gastrochilus (Gastrochilus kadooriei) is a miniature epiphytic orchid discovered and formally described in 2014 by botanists from the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong. Growing as an inconspicuous epiphyte tightly anchored to moss-laden...
Fish > Characins
The Brazilian Blind Characid (Stygichthys typhlops) is one of the most enigmatic stygobitic vertebrates on the South American continent. First discovered in 1962 inside an artisanal well in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil, this pale subterranean fish vanished from...
Reptiles > Lizards
Kishinoue’s Giant Skink (Plestiodon kishinouyei) is the undisputed colossus of the Japanese scincid family. Endemic strictly to the southern Ryukyu Islands of southwestern Japan, this robust, terrestrial lizard commands the leaf litter of humid subtropical...
Birds > Passerines
Rockefeller’s Sunbird (Cinnyris rockefelleri) is one of the most enigmatic and spectacular high-altitude avian gems of Central Africa. Confined exclusively to the isolated Albertine Rift mountain ranges in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, this...
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