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Tiger (Panthera tigris)Livingstone's flying fox (Pteropus livingstonii)Bald-headed uakari (Cacajao calvus)Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) Mammals
Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)African wood-owl (Strix woodfordii)Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus)Atlantic royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni)European roller (Coracias garrulus) Birds
Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)Chameleon (Furcifer nicosiai)False gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)Ranawana's golden cat snake (Boiga ranawanei) Reptiles
Barbour's forest tree frog (Leptopelis barbouri)Red-tailed knobby newt (Tylototriton kweichowensis)Asian litter frog (Leptobrachium gunungense)Cave salamander (Proteus anguinus)Aleku caecilian (Sylvacaecilia grandisonae) Amphibians
Longsnout seahorse (Hippocampus reidi)Boesman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus)Queensland groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Fish
Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela limbata albissima)Galapagos land snail (Bulimulus akamatus)Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo)Coconut crab (Birgus latro)Emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) Invertebrates - terrestrial and freshwater
Lace corals (Stylaster spp.)Giant clam (Tridacna gigas)Procarid shrimp (Procaris chacei)Fire corals (Millepora spp.)Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) Invertebrates - marine
Bastard quiver tree (Aloe pillansii)Bromeliad (Tillandsia sprengeliana)St Helena gumwood (Commidendrum robustum)Fanged pitcher plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata)Cactus (Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. pulchellus) Plants and Algae
Pig's ear (Gomphus clavatus)Sarcosoma spp. (Sarcosoma globosum)Bloxam's entoloma (Entoloma bloxamii)Boreal felt lichen (Erioderma pedicellatum)Golden-gilled bolete (Phylloporus pelletieri) Fungi (including lichen)

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