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A male wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus undulatus) at the Rotterdam Zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

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An eastern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata) at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota.

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A close up of a critically endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla) at Zoo Leipzig in Germany.

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An oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau) at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.

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El Segundo flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus). This insect was thought to be extinct since the end of the 1960s but a small remnant population of less than 100 individuals was discovered in the early 2000s.

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A Bifurcated cave amphipod (Stygobromus bifurcatus) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.
Originally from the Robertson Windmill Well, near Salado, Texas. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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Ezell’s cave amphipod (Stygobromus flagellatus) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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A Reddell’s caecidotea (Caecidotea reddelli) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo. Originally from Hidden Springs 3, in Texas.

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Peck’s cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo. Originally from the Comal Springs near New Braunfels, TX.
This species is endangered on the IUCN Red List.

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Swell shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum) at East Bay Regional Park District.

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A Bottlebrush crayfish, Barbicambarus cornutus, wild caught near West Liberty, West Virginia.

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Tilly, a female Asiatic wildcat (Felis silvestris ornata) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

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Indian flap shelled turtle (Lissemys punctata punctata) at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad, India.

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A full grown Madagascan dwarf chameleon (Brookesia minima) in Madagascar. This species is endangered.

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A full grown Madagascan dwarf chameleon (Brookesia minima) in Madagascar. This species is endangered.

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Eastern white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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Knobby brain coral (Pseudodiploria clivosa) at Mote Tropical Research Laboratory.

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Great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) at Mote Tropical Research Laboratory.

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Mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) at Mote Tropical Research Laboratory.

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An Amazonian toad-frog (Leptodactylus knudseni) at the Central Florida Zoo.

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A four-horned chameleon (Chamaeleo quadricornis quadricornis) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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A federally endangered jaguar (Panthera onca) at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, FL.

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A South American comb duck (Sarkidiornis sylvicola) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) at the Houston Zoo.

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A St. Lucia lancehead (Bothrops caribbaeus) at Reptile Gardens.

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A Field’s viper (Pseudocerastes fieldi) at Reptile Gardens.

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A Great Basin gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) at the Toronto Zoo.

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An endangered arial toucan (Ramphastos ariel) at the Dallas World Aquarium.

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Black stag beetle (Dorcus titanus) at the Insectarium in New Orleans.

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A veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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