The Field Guide
The Catalogue
Every specimen on record — the rediscovered, the endangered, the prehistoric, and the profoundly strange. Or play the locator game.
The Catalogue
Specimens on record
99 entries
№ 001
Bruce A.S. Henderson · CC BY 4.0 
nomis-simon · CC BY 2.0 
Boštjan Burger · Public domain 
Original uploader was Karthickbala at ta.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Andrey Giljov · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia · Public domain 
Granitethighs · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Rüdiger Stehn from Kiel, Deutschland · CC BY-SA 2.0 
USFWS Mountain Prairie · Public domain 
Chris_huh · CC BY-SA 3.0 
T.Dixon. The Zoological Society of London · Public domain 
26Isabella · CC BY-SA 3.0 
William Warby · CC BY 2.0 
The original uploader was Silviculture at Vietnamese Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Irbis1983 · Public domain 
Sunuwargr · CC BY-SA 4.0 
J. Patrick Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/deepphoto/ d_proffer · CC BY 2.0 
Tim Laman · CC BY 4.0 
Fiver, der Hellseher · CC BY-SA 4.0 
arenddehaas at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.0 
Piekfrosch at German Wikipedia (Original text: Piekfrosch (Wikipedia-User)) · CC BY-SA 3.0 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters · CC BY 2.0 
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Bob Owen · CC BY 2.0 
Department of Conservation · CC BY 2.0 
LoKiLeCh · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Petr Hamerník · CC BY-SA 4.0 
David Dennis · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Internet Archive Book Images · CC0 
JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 4.0 
A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 
HaytemBouchri93 · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Philip Sclater · Public domain 
Chermundy · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Unknown · CC BY-SA 2.0 de 
JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it! · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Aimee Valencia · CC BY 4.0 
JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 3.0 
James Jolokia (james1203) · CC BY 4.0 
Greg Hume · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Frogmana · CC BY-SA 4.0 
E bailey · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Abe Khao Lak · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Максим Яковлєв · CC BY-SA 4.0 
GerardM · CC BY-SA 3.0 
J. Patrick Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Len Worthington · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Sid Mosdell from New Zealand · CC BY 2.0 
Seb az86556 · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Olin Feuerbacher / USFWS · Public domain 
Mykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Baker; E.J. Keller. · Public domain 
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · Public domain 
Arthur A. Allen · Public domain 
BazzaDaRambler · CC BY 2.0 
Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0 
J. G. Hubbard, Internet Archive Book Images · Public domain 
Daderot · CC0 
Frederick York (d. 1903) · Public domain 
Linnaeus, 1758 · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Joseph Wolf · Public domain 
Bufo_periglenes1.jpg: Charles H. Smith vergrößert von Aglarech derivative work Purpy Pupple (talk) · Public domain 
New York Zoological Society. · Public domain 
Senckenberg Museum · Public domain 
Mike Weston · CC BY 2.0 
Ian Bell, EHP, State of Queensland · CC BY 3.0 au 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Photographer Paul E. Baker) · Public domain 
J. G. Keulemans · Public domain 
Marcus Sümnick from Rostock, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Kane Fleury, MothmanNZ · CC BY 4.0 
Lothar Schlawe · Public domain 
James St. John · CC BY 2.0 
James St. John · CC BY 2.0 
Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Alan Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0 
AfricanConservation · CC BY-SA 4.0 
USFWS · Public domain 
Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Ian Duffy from UK · CC BY 2.0 
Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Brocken Inaglory · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Nanosanchez · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Thomas Breuer · CC BY 2.5 
Yathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0 
NOAA Photo Library · Public domain 
Thomas Fuhrmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Muhammad Mahdi Karim · CC BY-SA 4.0 
AfricanConservation · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0 
User:Mas3cf · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 002Aye-aye
Daubentonia madagascariensis
EN · Endangered
№ 003Olm
Proteus anguinus
VU · Vulnerable
№ 004Purple Frog
Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis
EN · Endangered
№ 005Saiga Antelope
Saiga tatarica
NT · Near Threatened
№ 006Takahē
Porphyrio hochstetteri
EN · Endangered
№ 007Lord Howe Stick Insect
Dryococelus australis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 008Spix's Macaw
Cyanopsitta spixii
EW · Extinct in the Wild
№ 009Black-footed Ferret
Mustela nigripes
EN · Endangered
№ 010Vaquita
Phocoena sinus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 011Javan Rhino
Rhinoceros sondaicus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 012Sumatran Rhino
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 013Amur Leopard
Panthera pardus orientalis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 014Saola
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 015Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia
VU · Vulnerable
№ 016Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens
EN · Endangered
№ 017Giant Panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
VU · Vulnerable
№ 018Ethiopian Wolf
Canis simensis
EN · Endangered
№ 019Mountain Gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
EN · Endangered
№ 020Tapanuli Orangutan
Pongo tapanuliensis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 021Sumatran Orangutan
Pongo abelii
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 022Cross River Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla diehli
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 023Okapi
Okapia johnstoni
EN · Endangered
№ 024Sunda Pangolin
Manis javanica
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 025Chinese Pangolin
Manis pentadactyla
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 026Gharial
Gavialis gangeticus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 027Shoebill
Balaeniceps rex
VU · Vulnerable
№ 028Kākāpō
Strigops habroptilus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 029Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 030Chinese Giant Salamander
Andrias davidianus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 031Proboscis Monkey
Nasalis larvatus
EN · Endangered
№ 032Ploughshare Tortoise
Astrochelys yniphora
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 033Numbat
Myrmecobius fasciatus
EN · Endangered
№ 034Pygmy Hog
Porcula salvania
EN · Endangered
№ 035Iberian Lynx
Lynx pardinus
VU · Vulnerable
№ 036Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 037Hirola
Beatragus hunteri
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 038Ili Pika
Ochotona iliensis
EN · Endangered
№ 039Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Lasiorhinus krefftii
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 040Tasmanian Devil
Sarcophilus harrisii
EN · Endangered
№ 041California Condor
Gymnogyps californianus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 042Philippine Eagle
Pithecophaga jefferyi
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 043Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus
EN · Endangered
№ 044Komodo Dragon
Varanus komodoensis
EN · Endangered
№ 045Chinese Alligator
Alligator sinensis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 046Lemur Leaf Frog
Agalychnis lemur
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 047Española Giant Tortoise
Chelonoidis hoodensis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 048Whale Shark
Rhincodon typus
EN · Endangered
№ 049Beluga Sturgeon
Huso huso
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 050European Eel
Anguilla anguilla
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 051Largetooth Sawfish
Pristis pristis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 052Northern Bald Ibis
Geronticus eremita
EN · Endangered
№ 053Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
Limulus polyphemus
VU · Vulnerable
№ 054Tuatara
Sphenodon punctatus
LC · Least Concern
№ 055Hispaniolan Solenodon
Solenodon paradoxus
LC · Least Concern
№ 056Devils Hole Pupfish
Cyprinodon diabolis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 057Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
LC · Least Concern
№ 058Thylacine
Thylacinus cynocephalus
EX · Extinct
№ 059Baiji
Lipotes vexillifer
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 060Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Campephilus principalis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 061Dodo
Raphus cucullatus
EX · Extinct
№ 062Great Auk
Pinguinus impennis
EX · Extinct
№ 063Passenger Pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius
EX · Extinct
№ 064Steller's Sea Cow
Hydrodamalis gigas
EX · Extinct
№ 065Quagga
Equus quagga quagga
EX · Extinct
№ 066Carolina Parakeet
Conuropsis carolinensis
EX · Extinct
№ 067Pyrenean Ibex
Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica
EX · Extinct
№ 068Golden Toad
Incilius periglenes
EX · Extinct
№ 069Caribbean Monk Seal
Neomonachus tropicalis
EX · Extinct
№ 070Western Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis longipes
EX · Extinct
№ 071Pinta Island Tortoise
Chelonoidis abingdonii
EX · Extinct
№ 072Bramble Cay Melomys
Melomys rubicola
EX · Extinct
№ 073Poʻouli
Melamprosops phaeosoma
EX · Extinct
№ 074Huia
Heteralocha acutirostris
EX · Extinct
№ 075Aurochs
Bos primigenius
EX · Extinct
№ 076Falkland Islands Wolf
Dusicyon australis
EX · Extinct
№ 077Schomburgk's Deer
Rucervus schomburgki
EX · Extinct
№ 078Helicoprion
Helicoprion bessonowi
EX · Extinct
№ 079Dunkleosteus
Dunkleosteus terrelli
EX · Extinct
№ 080Lion
Panthera leo
VU · Vulnerable
№ 081Tiger
Panthera tigris
EN · Endangered
№ 082Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
VU · Vulnerable
№ 083Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
VU · Vulnerable
№ 084Jaguar
Panthera onca
NT · Near Threatened
№ 085Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
VU · Vulnerable
№ 086Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
NT · Near Threatened
№ 087Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
EN · Endangered
№ 088Western Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 089Bornean Orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 090African Savanna Elephant
Loxodonta africana
EN · Endangered
№ 091African Forest Elephant
Loxodonta cyclotis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 092Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
EN · Endangered
№ 093Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
EN · Endangered
№ 094Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
VU · Vulnerable
№ 095Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
VU · Vulnerable
№ 096Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis
CR · Critically Endangered
№ 097White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum
NT · Near Threatened
№ 098Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
LC · Least Concern
№ 099Grey Wolf
Canis lupus
LC · Least Concern
Organised by
Narrative status, not phylum
Lazarus Files
Declared extinct. Found alive.
Species rediscovered after science had written them off — some after decades, some after millions of years.
The Edge
Evolutionarily distinct. Globally endangered.
EDGE species — creatures with few or no close relatives on the tree of life, and little time left to lose them.
Ghosts
Gone, or nearly.
Recently extinct or possibly-extinct species that haunt the edges of the record — the ones we may have just missed.
Living Fossils
Unchanged for an age.
Lineages that have looked much the same for tens of millions of years while the world rearranged itself around them.
DeepTime
The prehistoric bestiary.
Extinct animals reconstructed from bone and stone — the strange fauna of deep geological time.
Urban Survivors
Wild things in the concrete.
Rare and remarkable species quietly making a living inside the human city.
Deep & Dark
Life without light.
The abyssal, the subterranean, and the cave-bound — evolution running its experiments in the dark.
Household Names
The animals you know. The numbers you don't.
Lions, tigers, pandas — the famous faces of the wild. You've known them your whole life. Now find out how many are actually left.
Giants
The great beasts, counted.
Elephants, whales, rhinos — the largest animals alive. Enormous in body, and often far fewer in number than you'd think.
Comebacks
Back from the brink.
Species that were nearly lost and clawed their way back. Proof that the numbers can go up — when we decide they should.