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Champion hunters of the savannah and rainforests, these are the most widespread of all big cats in Africa, to which they can carry prey that’s twice their body weight, and are extremely stealthy hunters when stalking their prey. (Art made back in early November)

A medium sized terrestrial mammal that resembles a guinea pig or a rabbit, the rock hyrax is actually in fact related to elephants, to which they have two tiny incisor teeth that resemble mini tusks. (Art made back in early November)

One of Africa’s most iconic and dangerous crocodilians, best known for their powerful bite, sharp conical teeth that sink into the flesh of their prey, and especially their method of ambush to which they attack by surprise. (Art made back in October)

One of Africa’s four pangolins, these scaly anteaters are well known for being the only mammals whose scales cover up from head to tail, and dig burrows and feast on ants and termites in the African savannas and woodlands. (Art made in late October)

A nocturnal primate also known as the galago, these small prosimians are most active at night, popping out of the trees that they sleep during the day and are known for making calls resembling that of a human baby’s cry. (Art made back in October)

One of the 17 species of sengi, also known as elephant shrews, these small mammals with long proboscises live in the dense woodlands of central and eastern Africa, and are closely related to elephants more than shrews. (Art made back in October)

A medium sized burrowing mammal whose name means “earth pig, with a long snout for smell and sharp claws to help dig up termite mounds for food. Once thought to be related to pangolins and armadillos, the aardvark is now known to be related to elephants. (Art drawn back in October)

One of the tallest and most recognizable of all giraffes, found across the Masai Mara in Kenya and identified by their irregular star-shaped patterns covered in their body. (Art made back in October)

The largest flying stork in the Americas, especially found in Brazil’s Pantanal, these birds build large nests from large branches, and their name means “swollen neck” in the Tupi-Guarani language. (Art made back in mid October)

A medium-sized motmot bird found in the humid rainforests of the Amazon and the forest edges of the Andes, best known for their blue crown colors, green with orange underparts, and black mask. (Art made back in mid October)

The largest and most recognizable of all toucans, as they’re one of the best known Neotropical birds and most represented toucan, known for it’s massive yellow-orange beak with a black base and it’s black body and white throat, and makes frog-like vocalizations. (Art made back in early October)

One of the most colorful of all ibises thanks to their remarkable scarlet red colors, and are the national birds of Trinidad and Tobago, and can be found from tropical South America to the Caribbean. (Art made back in early October)

The only parrot to build nests out of sticks, these parrots are mainly found in Argentina of the semi arid savannas and woodlands, but have also been known to live in feral populations in the United States and various regions of Europe.

One of South America’s beautiful and most striking birds as they’re the national bird of Peru. They get their name from the cloud rainforests found across Venezuela to Bolivia, as males have a recognizable disk like crest and a scarlet to orange color scheme for their plumage.

One of the largest of the tapir species, found in Central and South America to which are found in tropical rainforests to mangrove forests, where they reside in water where they love to cool off since they’re semi-aquatic.

The world’s friendliest mammals and also the world’s largest rodent, as they’re found across South America and show no fear in coexisting with other animals in the rainforests and savannas, commonly living near bodies of water.

Smaller than their larger river cousins, the pygmy hippo is reclusive and nocturnal, as the live in the forests and swamps of west Africa. Sadly, they’re endangered from habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat, and are very difficult to study in the wild. (Art made back in February 2024)

Famous for it’s prehistoric appearance due to it’s oversized shoe-shaped beak and meaning stare, these intimidating birds are docile, and have been known to stand still for long periods of time, and are closely related to pelicans and herons than storks. (Originally drawn in March 2024)

One of the world’s most rarest tropical birds found in Sulawesi of Indonesia, where they are best known for laying eggs in the sand like sea turtles, but unfortunately are critically endangered from habitat loss and harvesting of their eggs.

One of the world’s weirdest mammals found im the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, to which due to their prehistoric like appearance, they are called the pig deer by the locals in the Malay language.