Herbivores

Loxodonta africana

The African elephant is the largest living land animal, roaming savannas, forests, and deserts across sub-Saharan Africa in tightly-bonded matriarchal herds.

Camelus dromedarius

The dromedary, or one-humped camel, is a large desert mammal domesticated thousands of years ago and superbly adapted to surviving extreme heat and long stretches without water.

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

The giant panda is a bear native to the mountain forests of central China, famous for a diet made up almost entirely of bamboo despite a digestive system built for meat.

Iguana iguana

The green iguana is a large arboreal lizard native to Central and South America, often found basking on branches overhanging rivers and streams.

Hippopotamus amphibius

The hippopotamus is one of the largest land mammals, spending most of the day submerged in African rivers and lakes to keep its huge body cool.

Apis mellifera

The honeybee is a highly social insect essential to global agriculture, pollinating a huge share of the crops humans depend on while producing honey and wax.

Aepyceros melampus

The impala is a medium-sized antelope found across eastern and southern African savannas, famous for its explosive leaping ability when startled.

Phascolarctos cinereus

The koala is a tree-dwelling marsupial native to Australia, spending nearly its entire life in eucalyptus trees on a diet that would be toxic to most other mammals.

Danaus plexippus

The monarch butterfly is famous for an extraordinary multi-generational migration spanning thousands of kilometers between Canada, the United States, and central Mexico.

Gorilla beringei beringei

The mountain gorilla is a critically-studied great ape subspecies living in the misty forested slopes of the Virunga Mountains and Bwindi in central Africa, and one of conservation's most notable recovery stories.

Equus quagga

The plains zebra is the most common and widespread zebra species, roaming the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa in large, ever-shifting herds.

Setonix brachyurus

The quokka is a small wallaby found almost exclusively on a handful of islands off Western Australia, widely nicknamed 'the world's happiest animal' for its permanent smile-like expression.

Ovis vignei

The urial is a wild sheep species native to the dry hills and mountains of Central and South Asia, recognized by the male's large curling horns.

Bos grunniens

The yak is a large, long-haired bovine adapted to the extreme cold and thin air of the high Himalayan plateau, long domesticated as a vital pack animal.

Marmota flaviventris

The yellow-bellied marmot is a large ground squirrel found in the mountains of western North America, spending nearly eight months of the year in deep hibernation.