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Threatened Mammals

 		Species 1 - 33 of 33
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Dactylopsila tatei (Tate’s triok)
Information on Tate’s triok is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Dama mesopotamica (Persian fallow deer)
Information on the Persian fallow deer is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 12 Images 0 Videos
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Damaliscus lunatus (Topi)
One of the most common ungulates over many African grasslands until the early 1900s, the topi has now gone extinct in much of its... More 35 Images 7 Videos
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Damaliscus pygargus (Bontebok)
There are two very distinct subspecies of this handsome African antelope, the bontebok (D. p. pygargus) and the blesbok... More 35 Images 4 Videos
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Dasycercus cristicauda (Mulgara)
Information on the mulgara is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 9 Images 1 Video
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Dasyprocta azarae (Azara’s agouti)
Information on Azara’s agouti is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 8 Images 0 Videos
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Dasyprocta mexicana (Mexican agouti)
Information on the Mexican agouti is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Dasypus hybridus (Southern long-nosed armadillo)
As its common name suggests, the southern long-nosed armadillo has a distinctive, elongated snout, which helps it to seek out food... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Dasyuroides byrnei (Kowari)
The kowari is a robust, rat-like carnivorous marsupial, with a pointed snout and a distinctive black brush on the terminal half of... More 18 Images 1 Video
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Dasyurus geoffroii (Chuditch)
This small cat-sized marsupial has soft, brown fur with white spotting along its lean body and down its short legs. The tail, which... More 1 Image 2 Videos
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Dasyurus hallucatus (Northern quoll)
Information on the northern quoll is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 12 Images 0 Videos
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Dasyurus maculates (Spotted-tailed quoll)
The spotted-tailed quoll is a well-adapted carnivore and one of the most ferocious animals in the Australian bush. It has a... More 9 Images 3 Videos
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Daubentonia madagascariensis (Aye-aye)
The bizarre aye-aye is one of the most unusual primates on the planet, so much so that it was originally classified as a rodent... More 17 Images 7 Videos
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Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga whale)
The snow-white beluga whale is one of the most distinctive of all cetaceans (a group that includes, dolphins, whales and porpoises)... More 18 Images 7 Videos
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Delphinus capensis (Long-beaked common dolphin)
Since the mid-1990s, the common dolphin has been split into two species, the long-beaked common dolphin and the short-beaked common... More 32 Images 0 Videos
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Dendrolagus dorianus (Doria’s tree kangaroo)
Doria’s tree kangaroo, the heaviest tree-dwelling marsupial in the world, is, despite appearances, closely related to the... More 10 Images 1 Video
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Dendrolagus goodfellowi (Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo)
Like other tree kangaroos, Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo differs noticeably from the better-known ground kangaroos because it has... More 13 Images 5 Videos
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Dendrolagus inustus (Grizzled tree kangaroo)
Information on the grizzled tree kangaroo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 13 Images 0 Videos
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Dendrolagus matschiei (Huon tree kangaroo)
This unusual-looking marsupial of New Guinea is characterised by a number of adaptations specific to its arboreal lifestyle. The... More 10 Images 1 Video
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Dendrolagus mbaiso (Dingiso)
Discovered as recently as 1994, the dingiso is a tree kangaroo, a group of animals that, like their well-known relatives in... More 6 Images 0 Videos
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Dendrolagus scottae (Scott’s tree kangaroo)
Information on the Scott’s tree kangaroo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 1 Video
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Dendrolagus ursinus (Black tree kangaroo)
Information on the black tree kangaroo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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Desmana moschata (Russian desman)
Desmans belong to the same family as moles but are adapted for a more aquatic lifestyle. They posses a similar long, cylindrical... More 16 Images 8 Videos
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Desmodus rotundus (Common vampire bat)
No species has contributed more to the misunderstanding and fear of bats than the vampire bat. Public perception and movie... More 12 Images 10 Videos
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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Sumatran rhinoceros)
This prehistoric-looking, armour-plated giant is the most endangered of all five rhinoceros species. Despite being the smallest of... More 24 Images 9 Videos
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Diceros bicornis (Black rhinoceros)
The black rhinoceros is the most well known of the five living rhinoceros species, with its aggressive reputation and highly... More 27 Images 11 Videos
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Dinomys branickii (Pacarana)
Resembling a gigantic guinea pig, the pacarana is the third largest rodent worldwide, and is the only living species of its genus... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Dipodomys ingens (Giant kangaroo rat)
The giant kangaroo rat is the largest of more than 20 species of kangaroo rats, which are small rodents that (as their name would... More 3 Images 4 Videos
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Dipodomys nitratoides (San Joaquin kangaroo rat)
Information on the San Joaquin kangaroo rat is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Dolichotis patagonum (Patagonian mara)
With long hare-like ears and a body resembling a small deer, the Patagonian mara is a distinctly unusual looking rodent. The... More 34 Images 4 Videos
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Dromiciops gliroides (Monito del monte)
The monito del monte, or ‘monkey of the mountains’, is not a monkey, but a South American marsupial, which has often been called a... More 1 Image 4 Videos
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Dugong dugon (Dugong)
The dugong is the only entirely marine mammal to feed exclusively on plants, a trait that leads to its other common name of 'sea... More 28 Images 5 Videos
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Dusicyon australis (Falkland Island wolf)
When Charles Darwin first encountered the Falkland Island wolf in 1833, he noted that its population was already in decline, and... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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