Conservation Threats

Infrastructure

Roads, dams, power lines, and buildings causing mortality or habitat fragmentation

1,658 Animals

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Tent Caterpillar

Silk tents, teamwork, and tree-top dramas

Asp Caterpillar

Looks like fur-stings like fire.

Gypsy Moth Caterpillar

Blue then red spots-forest defoliator

Swallowtail Butterfly

Big wings, bold tails, secret defenses

Luna Moth

Moon-green wings, night-born wonder

Swallowtail Caterpillar

Pop the osmeterium-stay alive!

Woolly Bear Caterpillar

Fuzzy forecast-or forest forager?

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

Porcupinefish

Inflate. Bristle. Be unbothered.

Agouti

The forest's seed-burying sprinters

African Elephant

Big ears, bigger impact.