Plateau

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.

King Cobra

Snake-eater, nest-builder, giant of Asia

Maned Wolf

Cerrado's long-legged fruit-eating canid

Ermine

Black-tail hunter, winter-white

Pangolin

Nature's pinecone-shaped ant-eater

Alpaca

Small camelid, world-class fleece.

Great Pyrenees

Born to Guard the Mountain Flock

Hornbill

Big bills, bigger forest roles

Utonagan

Wolf look, family heart

American Alsatian

Dire-wolf look, couch-dog heart

Mexican Free-Tailed Bat

Night-shift pest control at 160 km/h

Saiga

Built for dust: the steppe's proboscis

Peregrine Falcon

Built for the stoop.

Cooper's Hawk

The backyard bird-hunter in stealth mode

Muskrat

Marsh builder with a knife-tail

Marmot

Whistle, Waddle, Hibernate!

Red Fox

White-tipped tail, world-class survivor

Carp

Carps & minnows: freshwater game-changers

Sable

Taiga's "black gold" marten

Loach

Barbels, burrows, and fast-stream grip

Gouldian Finch

Savanna's living rainbow finch