Tan

African Wild Dog

Painted packs, perfect teamwork.

Leopard Cat

Asia's adaptable little spotted hunter

Markhor

Corkscrew kings of the cliffs

Sand Lizard

Green-flanked sprinter of the sands

Leaf-Tailed Gecko

Disappear into the forest-Uroplatus

Long-Eared Owl

Tufts up, talons down.

Saber-Toothed Tiger

Big bite, bigger grappling power

Indian Star Tortoise

Stars on a shell, survivor of scrub

Red Wolf

America's rarest wild wolf

Malayan Civet

Stripe-tailed night forager of SE Asia

Discus

Discus: the Amazon's living discus

Saola

The Annamites' "spindlehorn" mystery

Aardvark

Africa's original termite specialist

Amur Leopard

Ghost of the Snowy Forest

Wyoming Toad

Wyoming's comeback toad

Scimitar-horned Oryx

Scimitar horns, desert survivor

Wolf Spider

Fast feet, sharp eyes, fierce moms

Xerus

Burrows, sun, and savvy survival

Jerboa

Desert jumpers on spring-loaded legs

Camel Spider

Big jaws. Fast feet. Desert hunter.

Fluke Fish (Summer Flounder)

The fluke: seafloor stealth, summer bite.

Maned Wolf

Cerrado's long-legged fruit-eating canid

Pangolin

Nature's pinecone-shaped ant-eater

Drum Fish

The sea's drummers and croakers