Kangaroo
Big hops, big pouches, big variety
Conservation Threats
Infrastructure
Roads, dams, power lines, and buildings causing mortality or habitat fragmentation
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Infrastructure Animals
Killer Whale
One species, many ecotypes.
King Crab
Cold-water royalty of the seafloor
Lemming
Small rodents, huge tundra impact
Lion
Built for prides, born for the hunt
Lizard
From geckos to dragons-lizard power
Mouse
Small gnawers, huge impact.
Monkey
Hands, minds, and social lives
Moth
More than night flyers
Newt
Crests, ponds, and potent defenses
Nightingale
Plain feathers, legendary night song
Orangutan
Red apes, rainforest architects
Otter
Built for water, born to hunt
Penguin
Born to dive, dressed to endure
Platypus
Electric hunter of Australian rivers
Pygmy Marmoset (Finger Monkey)
Tiny monkey, mighty gum-grazer
Rattlesnake
Hear the rattle, give it space.
Red Knee Tarantula
Red knees, calm queen of the burrow
Rhinoceros
Keratin horns, colossal impact
Scorpion
Glow at night, strike with precision
Sea Lion
Ear flaps, flippers, and fierce colonies
Skunk
Bold stripes, bigger attitude.
Termite
Nature's master recyclers (and builders)
Tiger
Stripes of Asia's top predator