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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Click beetle, family elateridae [madagascar_4498]
(Madagascar)
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Leopard [south_africa_kruger_0534]
(South Africa)
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Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [costa_rica_5978]
(Costa Rica)
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Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) [madagascar_3806]
(Madagascar)
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Translucent spider with turquoise, green, and yellow parts [mcar_0003]
(Madagascar)
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Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
(Tanzania)
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Slow loris
(Indonesia)
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Yellow, black, and brown katydid
(Indonesia)
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Stick insect [madagascar_0448]
(Madagascar)
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Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2211
(Tanzania)
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Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) [madagascar_4898]
(Madagascar)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0944]
(Namibia)
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Trail of fire ants
(Kenya)
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Sykes's Monkey, Cercopithecus albogularis, in bamboo
(Kenya)
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Indri indri (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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African Orange-bellied Parrot, Poicephalus rufiventris -- tz_2059
(Tanzania)
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Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
(Tanzania)
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African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) -- tz_2139
(Tanzania)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0549]
(South Africa)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) in captivity [animals_zh_056]
(Madagascar)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5102]
(Costa Rica)
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Pink and orange spider [madagascar_5411]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Ants on the forest floor [suriname_8778]
(Suriname)
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) skull
(Botswana)
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Baby crowned lemur buried in its mother's fur [madagascar_4395]
(Madagascar)
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A (unidentified species) Macaque visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Cryptic grasshopper -- borneo_3308
(Malaysia)
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Sifaka forest [madagascar_2770]
(Madagascar)
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Desert elephant [namibia_0939]
(Namibia)
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Water beetles resembling fish (whirligig beetles)
(Madagascar)
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Big-nosed Chameleon, Calumma nasutum
(Madagascar)
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Young boar (Sus scrofa)
(Malaysia)
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White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5186]
(Costa Rica)
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Red howler monkey in the canopy [suriname_2530]
(Suriname)
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Namibian Rock Agamid [namibia_1313]
(Namibia)
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur hanging in a tree [madagascar_1455]
(Madagascar)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0275]
(South Africa)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Young orangutan eating bananas -- borneo_5292
(Malaysia)
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) -- tz_2527a
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan getting a check-up
(Indonesia)
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Mottled forest frog [costa_rica_4671]
(Costa Rica)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) [south_africa_kruger_0000]
(South Africa)
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Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) [south_africa_kruger_0190]
(South Africa)
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Frontal view of a malachite kingfisher
(Kenya)
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Red howler monkey [co04-1122]
(Colombia)
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Aardwolf (Proteles cristata) [namibia_2067]
(Namibia)
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Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries [belize_8662]
(Belize)
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Agami heron (Agamia agami) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue-nosed Chameleon (Calumma boettgeri) in leaf litter [madagascar_3549]
(Madagascar)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_0101]
(Madagascar)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Caterpillar in Ranomafana National Park (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with its mouth open [costa_rica_6043]
(Costa Rica)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0439]
(South Africa)
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Two male ostrich
(Tanzania)
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Indri lemur (Indri indri)
(Madagascar)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0557]
(South Africa)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) -- tz_1377
(Tanzania)
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A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_0363]
(Madagascar)
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Cricket (Stenopelmatus?)
(Madagascar)
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A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs
(Suriname)
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Green praying mantis
(Madagascar)
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Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing [madagascar_2393]
(Madagascar)
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Bird [madagascar_0813]
(Madagascar)
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Pollywogs in Tad Fane stream
(Laos)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_5037]
(South Africa)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3972]
(Costa Rica)
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Bird with white head, black wings, and an orange chest -- borneo_3922
(Malaysia)
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Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii) -- tz_1484
(Tanzania)
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Mallard ducks
(Laos)
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Stick insect [madagascar_0445]
(Madagascar)
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Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach -- malaysia0599
(Malaysia)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_5033]
(South Africa)
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Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) -- tz_1708
(Tanzania)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_0901]
(Namibia)
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Brown frog
(Laos)
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A pelican in the mangroves near Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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White-footed Weasel Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a spiny Alluaudia procera plant [madagascar_2693]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan at Sepilok -- borneo_5417
(Malaysia)
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Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing [madagascar_2407]
(Madagascar)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
(Belize)
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Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)
(Kenya)
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White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5127]
(Costa Rica)
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Zebra peeing [south_africa_kruger_0746]
(South Africa)
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Eastern Woolly Lemurs (Avahi laniger) [madagascar_0833]
(Madagascar)
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Ancient Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
(Madagascar)
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Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_5228]
(South Africa)
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Red millipede in Madagascar [madagascar_0950]
(Madagascar)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0560]
(South Africa)
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Clear-cutting for cattle pasture in Guatemala
(Belize)
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Trachylepis aureopunctata lizard
(Madagascar)
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Hyrax [namibia_1251]
(Namibia)
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Tarantula
(Belize)
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Red-bellied piranha
(0)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5153]
(South Africa)
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Vultures feeding on a kill
(Tanzania)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3145
(Malaysia)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) [madagascar_1321]
(Madagascar)
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Black, blue, and orange caterpillar
(Madagascar)
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Hippos peaking out of a muddy river
(Kenya)
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Grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur hanging in a tree [madagascar_1370]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1170]
(South Africa)
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Cow on the edge of the Okavango delta
(Botswana)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0914]
(Namibia)
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Comet moth with damaged wings [madagascar_3765]
(Madagascar)
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Agouti [suriname_8837a]
(Suriname)
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Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2282
(Tanzania)
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Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) [south_africa_kruger_0194]
(South Africa)
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Insect [mcar_0035]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar giant hognose snakes
(Madagascar)
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White-browed Owl (Ninox superciliaris) [madagascar_2732]
(Madagascar)
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Pair of Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
(Kenya)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0667]
(South Africa)
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Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) [madagascar_2364]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) [madagascar_4892]
(Madagascar)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_5083]
(South Africa)
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Bufo guttatus (Smooth-sided toad) [suriname_1305]
(Suriname)
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Indri in Perinet [madagascar_1212]
(Madagascar)
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Cricket
(Madagascar)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) huddled in the forest canopy [madagascar_0128]
(Madagascar)
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Vervet Monkeys grooming
(Tanzania)
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Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries [belize_8660]
(Belize)
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Slow loris
(Indonesia)
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Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0141]
(South Africa)
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Flatid leaf bug nymphs, resembling white lichen [madagascar_4120]
(Madagascar)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) [madagascar_1858]
(Madagascar)
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Mossy Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_3739]
(Madagascar)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) in flight
(Madagascar)
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Black pill millipede -- borneo_3959
(Malaysia)
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Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7314]
(Belize)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0086]
(South Africa)
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A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Orphaned orangutan chewing on sugar cane at Sepilok -- borneo_5375
(Malaysia)
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Nile monitor [south_africa_kruger_0005]
(South Africa)
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Researchers handle a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.
(Dominican Republic)
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Wild male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in a tree along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Purple Grenadier (Ureaginthus Ianthinogaster)
(Kenya)
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Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris) -- tz_1402
(Tanzania)
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Spider [madagascar_3480]
(Madagascar)
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Ptychadena mascareniensis [madagascar_5936]
(Madagascar)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1132]
(Namibia)
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Tiny red-and-black earwigs
(Laos)
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Shield bug [madagascar_3750]
(Madagascar)
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Augur buzzard -- tz_2201
(Tanzania)
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Baboons atop a rock outcropping -- tz_2060
(Tanzania)
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Flying frog
(Indonesia)
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Black and white moth
(Madagascar)
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Green praying mantis -- borneo_4169
(Malaysia)
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Hippos on the banks of the Mara river
(Kenya)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0563]
(South Africa)
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Diademed sifaka (Mantady)
(Madagascar)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_5067]
(South Africa)
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Baby crowned lemur buried in its mother's fur
(Madagascar)
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Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4254]
(Costa Rica)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1503]
(Madagascar)
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Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) [south_africa_kruger_0806]
(South Africa)
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Desert elephant [namibia_0993]
(Namibia)
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A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0149]
(South Africa)
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Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6932]
(Belize)
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Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
(Madagascar)
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Beetle
(Madagascar)
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Pollywogs in Tad Fane creek
(Laos)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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Indri lemur examining its foot
(Madagascar)
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Cryptic grasshopper -- borneo_3307
(Malaysia)
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Hyrax [namibia_1266]
(Namibia)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Hyrax [namibia_1238]
(Namibia)
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Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) -- tz_1712
(Tanzania)
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White-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda) [south_africa_kruger_5286]
(South Africa)
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White-browed Owl (Ninox superciliaris) [madagascar_2723]
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0789]
(South Africa)
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Borneo skink -- borneo_3938
(Malaysia)
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Frog in the Pristimantis genus at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Beetles [namibia_2022]
(Namibia)
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Green Crested Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella ) -- borneo_3426
(Malaysia)
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Go-away bird
(Kenya)
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Fer-de-lance [belize_8289]
(Belize)
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Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) -- borneo_4900
(Malaysia)
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Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach -- malaysia0577
(Malaysia)
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Giant forest gecko (Gecko stentor)
(Malaysia)
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Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok -- borneo_5344
(Malaysia)
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Furcifer oustaleti chameleon (light brown) [madagascar_7329]
(Madagascar)
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Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur simus), one of the world's rarest lemurs, eating bamboo [madagascar_5014]
(Madagascar)
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Grey Go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor)
(South Africa)
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Pachydactylus fasciatus gecko [namibia_1194]
(Namibia)
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Mother Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) with baby [madagascar_1437]
(Madagascar)
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Tail-end of a giant walking stick
(Suriname)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1053]
(Namibia)
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Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) atop a tree
(Tanzania)
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White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5151]
(Costa Rica)
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Aerial view of animals in the Okavango delta
(Botswana)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0169]
(South Africa)
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Agouti [suriname_1407]
(Suriname)
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Agami heron (Agamia agami) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Phelsuma [madagascar_5033]
(Madagascar)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_1134]
(Namibia)
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White-faced capuchin [cr_4343]
(Costa Rica)
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Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach -- malaysia0624
(Malaysia)
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Gephyromantis leucomaculatus [madagascar_0678]
(Madagascar)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5044]
(South Africa)
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Blue and yellow Madagascar Reed Frog (Heterixalus madagascariensis) [madagascar_2163]
(Madagascar)
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Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) eating bamboo [madagascar_4852]
(Madagascar)
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A dead hutia hit by a car in the Dominican Republic. This body was found in a part of the country that hutia were not previously thought to occupy.
(Dominican Republic)
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Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4942]
(Costa Rica)
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White-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda) [south_africa_kruger_5287]
(South Africa)
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Orange beetle -- borneo_3746
(Malaysia)
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Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1574
(Tanzania)
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Diademed sifaka in Mantady National Park (Mantady)
(Madagascar)
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Wildebeest herd -- tz_elf_0500
(Tanzania)
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Female Furcifer balteatus chewing an insect
(Madagascar)
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African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0017]
(South Africa)
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Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) -- tz_1973
(Tanzania)
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Hammerkop [south_africa_kruger_5142]
(South Africa)
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Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in Madagascar [madagascar_0143]
(Madagascar)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0480]
(South Africa)
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Bird [south_africa_kruger_0062]
(South Africa)
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Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) [madagascar_3724]
(Madagascar)
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Southern Eland (Taurotragus oryx) -- tz_2006
(Tanzania)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1884
(Tanzania)
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Group of Little Grebe or Dabchick standing at the edge of a waterhole
(Kenya)
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Oropendolas (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0485]
(South Africa)
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Yellow weevil
(Indonesia)
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Baby vervet monkey -- tz_1794
(Tanzania)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0683]
(South Africa)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) [namibia_1523]
(Namibia)
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Katydid [madagascar_4923]
(Madagascar)
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Cricket [madagascar_3534]
(Madagascar)
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Yellow-bellied Marmot
(United States)
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Plains zebra [south_africa_kruger_0516]
(South Africa)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0616]
(South Africa)
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Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0409]
(South Africa)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2739]
(Madagascar)
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Insect (Cixiidae Homopteran) [mcar_0034]
(Madagascar)
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African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
(Tanzania)
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Flickertail (Spermophilus richardsonii)
(United States)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1162]
(South Africa)
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Camouflaged Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) [madagascar_3823]
(Madagascar)
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Aardwolf [namibia_2062]
(Namibia)
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Mother lion sleeping with cubs
(Kenya)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0620]
(South Africa)
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Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1411]
(Madagascar)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0310]
(South Africa)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0163]
(South Africa)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0319]
(South Africa)
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Coucal [south_africa_kruger_0332]
(South Africa)
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Brownish frog with green spots -- borneo_4083
(Malaysia)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_0953]
(South Africa)
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Mossy Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae)
(Madagascar)
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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog guarding its nest [suriname_2497]
(Suriname)
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Dark green beetle [suriname_0721]
(Suriname)
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Yellow and black giant swallowtail butterfly (Papilio Cresphontes)
(Costa Rica)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5124]
(South Africa)
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Tiny red-and-black earwigs
(Laos)
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Caterpillar with blue and black spines [mcar_0186]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar centipede
(Madagascar)
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Daddy longlegs [costa_rica_5401]
(Costa Rica)
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Shadow of a lizard on a sunlit leaf
(Madagascar)
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Frog [madagascar_6317]
(Madagascar)
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Baby Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) nursing with its mother [madagascar_2879]
(Madagascar)
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Leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_0533]
(South Africa)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0913]
(Suriname)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0421]
(South Africa)
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Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1419]
(Madagascar)
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Namibian Rock Agama [namibia_1308]
(Namibia)
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Hummingbird under examination [costa_rica_4940]
(Costa Rica)
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White-faced Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
(Madagascar)
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Big-nosed Chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_1164]
(Madagascar)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3151
(Malaysia)
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Ebenavia inunguis gecko in the litter of a bird-nest fern [madagascar_0711]
(Madagascar)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1020]
(Egypt)
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Well-camoflauged frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Stunning male Calumma crypticum chameleon [madagascar_5049]
(Madagascar)
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Plains zebra [south_africa_kruger_0742]
(South Africa)
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Red Borneo centipede -- borneo_3853
(Malaysia)
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Local rangers feed Tam, a captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), who represents the hopes for eventual ex-situ breeding for the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered)
(Malaysia)
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Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_1128]
(Suriname)
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