Flying Lemur
Not a lemur-nature's glide master
Conservation Threats
Agricultural Expansion
Conversion of natural habitats to farmland and ranching operations
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Agricultural Expansion Animals
Sulcata Tortoise
Sahel's burrowing giant
American Toad
The trilling toad of the backyard
Star-nosed mole
22 rays. 0.12 seconds. Pure touch.
Elk
Hear the mountains bugle: wapiti
Pronghorn
Pronged horns. Prairie speed.
Giant Armadillo
Big burrows. Bigger impact.
Springbok
Born to bound: the pronking springbok
Ibex
Born to climb the impossible
Box Turtle
The turtle that shuts the door
Horsefly
Fast flyers with a fierce bite
Grasshopper Mouse
A mouse that hunts like a wolf
Sharp-Tailed Snake
Small snake, sharp tail, slug hunter
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Rose flash of the treetops
Ferruginous Hawk
Royal hawk of the wide-open West
Tree swallow
Sky-sleek hunter of wetland air
No See Ums
Tiny fly, mighty bite.
Chickadee
Small bird, big personality
Florida Panther
Florida's last eastern wild cougar
Little Brown Bat
Small bat, big insect control
Burmese Python
Big, blotched, built to constrict
Indian Giant Squirrel
India's rainbow squirrel of the treetops
Tsetse Fly
The fly that gives birth, not eggs
Skink Lizard
Smooth scales, global explorers