Family Group

Fishing Spiders

Shoreline hunters on water's edge

Coues Deer

Sky-island whitetail, canyon-smart

Peacock Bass

Amazon power in a cichlid body

Tent Caterpillar

Silk tents, teamwork, and tree-top dramas

Tenrec

Many forms, one Malagasy family

Crab-Eating Fox

Adaptable 'not-a-fox' of South America

Bush Dog

The pack-hunting swimmer of the Amazon

Giant Golden Mole

Gold in the soil, ghost of the forest

Ground Squirrel

Burrow smart. Whistle loud. Survive.

Golden Mole

Not true moles-Africa's sand swimmers

Florida Mouse

Florida's scrubland burrow mouse

Mouse-Deer (Chevrotain)

Small body, big forest secrets

Spalax

Masters of life underground

Diminutive Woodrat

Desert's master hoarder and builder

Deer Mouse

Bicolored tail, big-range survivor

Mountain Beaver

The "beaver" that never builds dams

Patagonian Cavy

Patagonia's long-legged "hare" rodent

Bamboo Rat

Asia's underground bamboo engineers

Agouti

The forest's seed-burying sprinters

African Elephant

Big ears, bigger impact.

Diving Duck

Built to dive, born to roam

Willow Flycatcher

Know it by song: "fitz-bew"

Carrion Beetle

Nature's cleanup crew with a nose

Rhode Island Red Chicken

Mahogany birds, brown eggs, all grit.