Savanna

Briard

Shaggy French guardian with heart

German Wirehaired Pointer

Wiry coat, soft heart, all-purpose hunter

Lurcher

Speed with a working-dog brain

Pyrenean Mastiff

Gentle Giant, Mountain Guardian

Plott Hounds

Brindle grit with a hound's nose

Boerboel

South Africa's steadfast homestead guardian

Mini Lop

Big charm, floppy ears.

Rex Rabbit

Velvet-furred royalty in a rabbit

Warbler

Small birds, big songs, epic journeys

German Longhaired Pointer

Feathered coat, all-around field skill

Hyacinth Macaw

Biggest parrot. Toughest nutcracker.

Tawny Frogmouth

The broken-branch bird of the night

Sandpiper

Built for mudflats and megamigrations

Houdan Chicken

Five toes, French flair.

Eastern Kingbird

Tiny tyrant with a white-tipped tail

Margay

The cat that climbs like a monkey

Mockingbird

The bird with 400 voices

Australian Firehawk

Smoke-follower of the savannas

Flycatcher

Perch. Pounce. Snack in midair.

Oxpecker

Tick riders of the African savanna

Finch

Built to crack seeds, born to sing

Nuthatch

Head-first bark detectives

Great Kiskadee

Hear it before you see it: Kiskadee!

Rhea

South America's sprinting ratites