Species Fact Profiles - Table of Contents

Mammals

Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)

African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)

Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigrovirdis)

American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)

Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)
Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)

Black-and-Rufous Sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi)

Black-and-White Colobus (Colobus guereza)
Bonobo (Pan paniscus)

Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri)
Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus)
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)

Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

Francois' Langur (Trachypithecus francoisi)

Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)
Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)

Koala (Phascolarctus cinereus)
Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)
Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)
Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Markhor (Capra falconeri)
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)

Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Moose (Alces alces)
Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra)
Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)

Northern Tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri)
Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat (Phloemyx pallidus)
Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
Pale-Faced Saki Monkey (Pithecia pithecia)

Patagonian Cavy (Dolichotis patagonum)

Pere David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Prevost's Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)

Przewalski's Wild Horse (Equus przewalskii/Equus ferus)
Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Red-Necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Red-Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Rodriguez Fruit Bat (Pteropus rodricensis)

Sand Cat (Felis margarita)

Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus)

Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifroms)
Southern Pudu (Pudu puda)

Southern Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Takin (Budorcas taxicolor)
Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Tree Pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)

West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Birds

African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus)
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) 
Bali Mynah (Leucospar rothschildi)
Bearded Barbet (Pogonornis dubius)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)

Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
Blue-Crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
Blue-Faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres)

Chestnut-Breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) 

Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congensis)
Double-Wattled Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)
Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Greater Rhea (Rhea americana)
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Guam Rail (Gallirallus owstoni)

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

Hawk-Headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)
Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi)
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)

Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus)
Kea (Nestor notabilis)
Keel-Billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratis)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaguineae)

Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor)
Mariana Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamomina)
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)

Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Northern Raven (Corvus corax)

Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata)

Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)

Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)
Pink-Backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
Saddle-Billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
Scaly-Sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)
Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni)
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna guttata)
Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Thick-Billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)

Vietnam Pheasant (Lophura edwardsi)

Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum)

Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

Reptiles

Aldabra Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)

Angolan Python (Python anchietae)
Arrau (Podocnemis expansa)
Aruba Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)

Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)

Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii)
Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri)
Black-Headed Python (Aspidites melanocephalus)
Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides)

Boelen's Python (Simalia boeleni)
Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)
Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)
Bushmaster (Lachesis muta)
Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)
Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
Chinese 3-Striped Box Turtle (Cuora trifasciata)
Common Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
Crocodile Monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
Dumeril's Boa (Acrantophis dumerili)

Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)

Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus)

European Legless Lizard/Scheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus)

Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Fiji Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)

Four-Eyed Turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata)

Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica)

Galapagos Tortoise (Chelonoides nigra)
Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)
Grand Cayman Iguana (Cyclura lewisi)
Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
Green Tree Python (Morelia virdis)

Haitian Giant Galliwasp (Caribicus warreni)

Jamaican Boa (Epicrates subflavus)
King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis ruthveni)

Mangshan Viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis)

Mata Mata (Chelus fimbriatus)
Meller's Chameleon (Trioceros melleri)

Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum)
New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)

Nile Softshell Turtle (Trionyx triunguis)
Northern Caiman Lizard (Dracaena guianensis)

Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius)

Painted Terrapin (Batagur borneoensis)
Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
Philippine Sailfin Dragon (Hydrosaurus pustulatus)
Pig-Nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

Prehensile-Tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)
Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)
San Esteban Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius)
Shield-Tailed Agama (Xenagama taylori)

Sudan Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major)

Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwoni)
Tentacled Snake (Erpeton tentaculatum)
Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
Tomistoma (Tomistoma schlegelii)
Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
Veiled Chameleon (Chamaleo calyptrus)

Warren's Girdled Lizard (Smaug warreni)
West African Slender-Snouted Crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus)

Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)

Amphibians

African Bullfrog (Pyxiecephalus adspersus)
Aquatic Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans)

Asian Yellow-Spotted Toad (Rentapia hosii)
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)

Chinese Fire-Bellied Newt (Cynops orientalis)
Couch's Spadefoot Toad (Scaphipus couchii)
Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
Giant Waxy Tree Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)

Greater Siren (Siren lacertina)
Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)
Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus)

Kaiser Newt (Neurergus kaiseri)
Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis)
Mandarin Newt (Tylotriton shanjing)

Mountain Chicken (Leptodactylus fallax)
Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)

Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)
Puerto Rican Crested Toad (Peltophyrne lemur)
Solomon Island Leaf Frog (Cornufer guentheri)

Spiny-Headed Tree Frog (Triprion spinosus)

Suriname Toad (Pipa pipa)
Texas Blind Salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)
Titicaca Water Frog (Telmatobius culeus)
Tomato Frog (Dyscophys antongilii)

Two-Toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means)
Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale)

Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
Wyoming Toad (Anaxyrus baxteri)

Yellow-and-Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)


Fish

Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula)
American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara)

Atlantic Mudskipper (Periopthalmus barbarus)
Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
Banded Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)

Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kaudernii)

Boeseman's Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)

Burbot (Lota lota)

California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)

Electric Eel (Electrophorus electricus)

Giant Pangasius Catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei)

Giant Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas)
Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)
Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris)
Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques)

Northern Snakehead (Channa argus)

Ocellated Stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)

Pot-Bellied Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
Queensland Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Red-Bellied Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)
Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus)

Sarcastic Fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi)
Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma)

Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)

Zebra Shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)


Invertebrates

American Lobster (Homarus americanus)

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)

Australian Walking Stick (Extatosoma tiaratum)

Blue Death-Feigning Beetle (Asbolus verrucosus)
California Banana Slug (Ariolimax californicus)

California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius)
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci)

Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas)

Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)

Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)

Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi)
Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus doflenini)
Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
Leaf-Cutter Ant (Atta cephalotes)

Medicinal Leech (Hirudo medicinalis)
Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi)
Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens)

Polynesian Tree Snail (Partula nodosa)

Upside-Down Jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana)
Vietnamese Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)