Gray

Mule

Built to go farther, step surer.

Fur Seal

Ear flaps, fast flippers, wild rookeries

African Clawed Frog

Three claws. One famous frog.

Gopher

Built for life underground

Black Widow Spider

Small spider, big reputation.

Common Loon

Haunting voice of northern lakes

Warthog

Kneel, graze, and bolt to the burrow

Vulture

Nature's clean-up crew from the skies

Zebu

Humped cattle, built for the tropics.

Dugong

Seagrass Meadows' Gentle Grazer

Mole

Built to burrow, born to sense

Tarsier

Big eyes. Bigger leaps.

Kudu

Spiral horns, striped stealth.

Giant African Land Snail

Big shell, bigger invasion story

Quail

Camouflage, coveys, and quick takeoff

Tapir

Tapirs: forest gardeners with a snorkel nose

Common Spotted Cuscus

Spotted, silent, and built for the canopy

Bonobo

DRC's "make-peace" great ape

Heron

Still. Stalk. Strike.

Gibbon

Canopy acrobats with duet songs

Gecko

Tiny toes, big grip.

Possum

Australasia's night climbers

Opossum

America's adaptable marsupials

Woolly Monkey

Fifth-tail climbers of the Amazon