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Brush-tailed bettongs, also called brush-tailed rat kangaroos and woylies, are small, critically endangered, bipedal marsupials native to Australia. They have prehensile tails and are impressive diggers.
: Bettongia penicillata Animal News Giant Pandas
Instantly recognizable, striped skunks are known for their signature coloration and for their ability to emit a strong and pungent odor when upset. They are native to the United States and Canada.
Species: Mephitis mephitis Animal News Giant Pandas
True to their name, screaming hairy armadillos are a hirsute armadillo species that emit a loud squeal when threatened. They are native to the Monte Desert in South America.
Chaetophractus vellerosus Animal News Giant Pandas
Famous from innumerable trips to the seaside as well as Pixar’s short film Piper, sanderlings are the most prevalent sandpiper in the world. On almost any gentle, sandy beach, the little birds you see running back and forth are probably going to be sanderlings.
Species: Calidris alba Animal News Giant Pandas
One of only two species of cranes native to North America, the sandhill crane is an impressively large bird that can be identified by its bright red forehead and long neck. Once nearly extinct east of the Mississippi River, their populations have rebounded thanks to dedicated conservation efforts. In the winter months, they form huge colonies sometimes numbering in the tens of thousands.
Species: Antigone canadensis Animal News Giant Pandas
Red knots are stocky shorebirds known for their rusty red plumage during the breeding season. As champions of long-distance migration, many individuals fly nearly 19,000 miles annually between their breeding and wintering grounds.
Species: Calidris canutus Animal News Giant Pandas
Norway rats, also called brown rats, are foragers that can survive on a wide range of food, which has helped them successfully spread across the world.
Species: Rattus norvegicus Animal News Giant Pandas
Patagonian maras are long-legged rodents with bodies similar to hoofed animals. They have long ears and short tails. Their coats — which are stiff, dense and very fine in texture — are primarily gray-brown, with a white patch along the chest and stomach and orange coloration around the flanks and head.
Species: Dolichotis patagonum Animal News Giant Pandas
Iranian geckos are lizards found in semi-desert, mountainous regions of northeastern Syria, northern Iraq, west-central Iran, and Turkey.
Eublepharis angramainyu Animal News Giant Pandas
Native to the rocky slopes and arid plateau areas of southwestern Africa, Hartmann’s mountain zebras are large herbivores known for their black and white-striped coats. Hartmann’s mountain zebras are a rare subspecies of the mountain zebra, which is one of three types of zebras.
Equus zebra hartmannae Animal News Giant Pandas
