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Threatened Mammals

 		Species 1 - 41 of 41
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Saguinus bicolor (Brazilian bare-faced tamarin)
Information on the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 15 Images 0 Videos
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Saguinus leucopus (Silvery-brown bare-face tamarin)
Information on the silvery-brown bare-face tamarin is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Saguinus oedipus (Cotton-headed tamarin)
The stunning cotton-headed tamarin is one of South America’s most endangered primates. Its name describes the fantastic crest of... More 7 Images 2 Videos
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Saguinus tripartitus (Golden-mantle saddleback tamarin)
Information on the golden-mantle saddleback tamarin is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 6 Images 2 Videos
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Saiga tatarica (Saiga antelope)
Saiga antelope have an extremely distinctive appearance with an enlarged nose that hangs down over the mouth. Despite their common... More 17 Images 6 Videos
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Saimiri oerstedii (Red-backed squirrel monkey)
This small monkey has a slender body and a tail that is longer than the body itself. The tail is not prehensile, but it does aid in... More 9 Images 3 Videos
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Saimiri ustus (Bare-eared squirrel monkey)
Information on the bare-eared squirrel monkey is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Saimiri vanzolinii (Black squirrel monkey)
First described as recently as 1985, and still viewed by some as a regional subspecies rather than a full species, the black... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)
Haunted by its chilling nocturnal screeches, it was the early European settlers that gave the Tasmanian devil its alarming name... More 34 Images 1 Video
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Scotonycteris ophiodon (Pohle’s fruit bat)
This relatively little-known bat has russet, rust brown or dark brown fur, which is paler on the underside. Around the eyes are... More 1 Image 1 Video
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Scotonycteris zenkeri (Zenker’s fruit bat)
Information on Zenker’s fruit bat is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Semnopithecus ajax (Kashmir gray langur)
Information on the Kashmir gray langur is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Semnopithecus dussumieri (Southern plains gray langur)
Information on the southern plains gray langur is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 60 Images 5 Videos
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Semnopithecus hector (Gray langur)
Information on the gray langur is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 10 Images 1 Video
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Semnopithecus johnii (Nilgiri langur)
The Nilgiri langur has a glossy, dark brown coat and long, thick golden to brown fur on the head. The rump and the start of the... More 8 Images 7 Videos
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Semnopithecus priam (Tufted gray langur)
Information on the tufted gray langur is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 12 Images 1 Video
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Setonix brachyurus (Quokka)
The quokka is a small marsupial similar in appearance to a wallaby or kangaroo, with distinctive short brown coarse hair and... More 11 Images 5 Videos
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Smutsia gigantea (Giant ground pangolin)
The giant ground pangolin earns its name for being the largest of eight species that are the sole representatives of the highly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Smutsia temminckii (Ground pangolin)
The unusual ground pangolin belongs to a group of eight armour-plated species, (the order Pholidota), distinguished from other... More 13 Images 2 Videos
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Solenodon paradoxus (Hispaniolan solenodon)
This ancient and distinctive mammal, capable of secreting toxic saliva, faces very real and immediate threats to its survival. One... More 6 Images 1 Video
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Solomys sapientis (Isabel naked-tailed rat)
Information on the Isabel naked-tailed rat is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Sotalia fluviatilis (Tucuxi dolphin)
The tucuxi dolphin (pronounced ‘too-koo-shee’) quite closely resembles the bottlenose dolphin, but smaller. It is blue to light... More 9 Images 5 Videos
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Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin)
The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin has a typically streamlined body and a long slender beak. Populations differ in both shape and... More 14 Images 0 Videos
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Sousa teuszii (Atlantic humpbacked dolphin)
The most distinctive feature of this rather elusive cetacean is its distinctive humped appearance when it breaks the ocean’s... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Speothos venaticus (Bush dog)
The bush dog is a rare, little known and unusual canid. It has a rather squat body and is said to look more like a mustelid (the... More 6 Images 6 Videos
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Spermophilus brunneus (Idaho ground squirrel)
Information on the Idaho ground squirrel is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Spermophilus citellus (European ground squirrel)
The European ground squirrel belongs to a genus commonly referred to as the sousliks, with representatives spread throughout the... More 13 Images 0 Videos
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Stenella attenuata (Pantropical spotted dolphin)
The most distinctive feature of the pantropical spotted dolphin is, as its name suggests, the spots that speckle the body of adults... More 22 Images 2 Videos
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Stenella clymene (Clymene dolphin)
One of the most recently recognised species of dolphin, the Clymene dolphin remains among the least known of the Delphinidae. In... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped dolphin)
With the classic dolphin shape, the striped dolphin’s most remarkable feature is the distinctive pattern of blue and white stripes... More 10 Images 1 Video
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Stenella frontalis (Atlantic spotted dolphin)
Often observed in the clear, shallow waters surrounding the Bahamas, the Atlantic spotted dolphin is said to be an intermediate in... More 40 Images 6 Videos
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Stenella longirostris (Spinner dolphin)
The acrobatic spinner dolphin is the most common small cetacean in many tropical open seas, where it can be seen spinning high in... More 27 Images 6 Videos
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Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed dolphin)
With a head that slopes smoothly down into a long beak, and large flippers that are set fairly far back on the body, this rather... More 13 Images 0 Videos
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Strigocuscus celebensis (Small Sulawesi cuscus)
The small Sulawesi cuscus is a diminutive, possum-like marsupial, with soft, pale buff fur. In common with the 22 other species of... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Suncus etruscus (Savi’s pygmy shrew)
Information on Savi’s pygmy shrew is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 1 Video
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Suricata suricatta (Meerkat)
To compare the meerkat to Africa’s ‘big five’ might seem somewhat fanciful, but this small, charismatic mongoose is undoubtedly one... More 46 Images 5 Videos
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Sus ahoenobarbus (Palawan bearded pig)
Until recently, the bearded pigs of south-east Asia were thought to comprise three subspecies under the scientific name Sus... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Sus cebifrons (Visayan warty pig)
The Visayan warty pig is a little-known, small, forest-dwelling pig that has only recently been recognised as a separate species... More 18 Images 0 Videos
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Sus philippensis (Philippine warty pig)
The robustly built Philippine warty pig has a coarse, bristly, blackish coat with a scattering of silvery white hairs on the sides... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Symphalangus syndactylus (Siamang)
Information on the siamang is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 32 Images 3 Videos
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Syncerus caffer (African buffalo)
The strong and imposing African buffalo is Africa’s only wild cattle species, and one of the ‘Big Five’ mammals that were once... More 76 Images 10 Videos
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