Savanna

Avocet

Curved bill, clean sweep.

Bengal Tiger

Stripes of the subcontinent

Indochinese Tiger

Ghost of the Southeast Asian forests

Crane

Dance, Trumpet, Migrate

Gar

Armored ambushers of the backwaters

Snail

One class, a thousand ways to snail.

Pond Skater

Skating predators of the surface film

Glass Lizard

All the lizard-none of the legs.

African Wild Dog

Painted packs, perfect teamwork.

Indian Rhinoceros

One horn, river-grass royalty

Black Rhinoceros

Hook-lipped browser, hard to beat

Sri Lankan Elephant

Sri Lanka's great gentle engineer

Indian Elephant

One trunk-many forests sustained

African Bush Elephant

Big ears, big impact.

Sparrow

Small birds, big social networks

Dhole

The Whistling Pack Hunter of Asia

Aldabra Giant Tortoise

Aldabra's living island giants

Western Lowland Gorilla

Silverback-led seed sower of the Congo

Stag Beetle

Antlers of the insect world

Cassowary

Casque on. Forests grow on.

Silver Dollar

Peaceful schoolers, ruthless on plants

Saber-Toothed Tiger

Big bite, bigger grappling power

Striped Rocket Frog

Built for leaps. Striped for stealth.

Indian Star Tortoise

Stars on a shell, survivor of scrub